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INTRODUCTION- 

^»cmM0M0MM*SB* 

A 
SKETCH  OF  THE  LIFE  OF  THE  AUTHOR  ; 

ACCORDING  TO   ACCOUNTS,  GIVEN  BY 
SEVERAL  WRITERS. 

13 R.  ISJJC  WATTS  was  born  at  Southampton, 
in  England,  July  17,  1674.  lie  was  the  eldest  of  nine 
children,  lie  was  remarkably  given  to  books  from  his 
infancy  ;  and  even  began  to  learn  Latin  when  he  was 
four  years  oid.  ilts  proficiency  at  School  was  so  great, 
that  a  subscription  was  proposed  for  his  support  at  the 
University.  But  this  he  declined  ;  having  from  princi- 
ple formed  a  resolution  to  lake  his  lot  with  the  Dissent- 
erg. 

In  the  year  1690,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  lie  en- 
tered an  Academy,  taught  by  the  Rev.  Tlwma.%  Howe. 
Here  he  continued  four  years,  and  was  eminent  for  his 
philosophical  and  theological  attainments.  In  the  nine- 
teenth year  of  his  age  he  became  a  member  of  the  church, 
of  which  his  Instiuctor  was  Pastor.  At  the  age  of 
twenty,  he  left  the  Academy,  and  returned  to  his  father's 
house,  where  he  spent  two  years  in  study  and  devotion. 
After  this  he  entered  the  family  of  Sir  John  Hartofiju  as 
domestic  tutor  to  his  son  ;  where  he  lived  five  years, 
particularly  devoting  himself  to  the  study  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures.  He  preached  for  the  first  time  on  his  birth- 
day, which  completed  his  twenty-fourth  year. 

In  the  month  of  January,  1 70 1 ,  he  received  a  call 
from  the  dissenting  church  and  Society  in  Berrystreet, 
London,  to  settle  with  them  in  the  work  of  the  gospel 
ministry.  This  invitation  he  accepted  March  8th,  1702, 
the  day  that  King  William  died.  This  circumstance 
h  particularly  noled  by  Mr.  Jennings,  as  an  act  of  chris- 
tian heroism,  because  of  the  discouraging  prospect,  which 
that  event  gave  to  men  of  his  profession,  and  the  fear*, 
with  which  it  filled  the  hearts  of  protestant  dissenters  at 
that  time,  when  toleration  was  so  insecurely  established, 
that  the  existence  of  it  depe/.ded  on  mere  casualty  .~»-He 
was  ordained,  March  18th,  1702.     In  the  pastoral  iff 


iv  INTRODUCTION. 

he  succeeded  Dr.  Isaac  Ciiauncy,  son  of  the  second  Pre- 
sident of  Harvard  College,  where  he  was  graduated  in 
the  year  1651.  This  respectable  Clergyman  was  grand- 
father of  the  late  Dr.  Charles  Chauncy,  Pastor  of  the 
first  Church  in  Boston. 

To  succeed  a  man,  who  was  educated  in  this  coun- 
try, it  is  presumed,  was  not  an  unpleasant  circumstance 
to  Dr.  Watts.  For  he  was  a  firm  and  zealous  friend 
to  New  England,  and  kept  up  a  correspondence  with 
some  of  our  principal  characters,  both  in  the  civil  and 
clerical  lines.  Almost  every  gentleman,  who  went  from 
this  country  to  England,  was  fond  of  being  recommend- 
ed and  introduced  to  him  ;  and  they  always  met  with  a 
welcome  and  cordial  reception.  He  frequently  solicited 
benefactions,  and  made  donations,  particularly  of  books, 
to  the  Colleges  at  Cambridge  and  New-Haven,  and  to  the 
Indian  missions  on  our  eastern  and  western  borders. 

Soon  after  Dr.  Watts  entered  upon  his  charge, 
Jie  was  seized  by  a  dangerous  illness,  which  reduced  him 
to  such  weakness,  that  his  congregation  found  it  ne- 
cessary to  provide  an  assistant  ;  and  accordingly  Mr. 
Samuel  Price,  uncle  to  the  late  Dr.  Richard  Price 
of  Hackney,  was  chosen  to  that  service.  His  health, 
however,  gradually  returned,  and  he  performed  his  duty 
till  the  year  If  12,  when  he  was  seized  by  a  violent  and 
alarming  fever,  which  put  a  stop  to  his  public  labours 
for  four  years,  and  which  eventually  left  him  in  a  feeble 
and  debilitated  state,  from  which  he  never  perfectly  re- 
covered. 

In  this  afflictive  season,  he  was  invited  into  the  fam- 
ily of  Sir  Thomas  Abney*  where  he  continued  to  the  end 
of  his  life;  a  period  of  thirty  six  years.  Here  he  en- 
joyed the  uninterrupted  demonstration  of  the  truest 
friendship.  Here,  without  any  care  of  his  own,  he  had 
every  thing  -which  could  contribute  to  the  enjoyment  of 
life,  and  favour  the  unwearied  pursuits  of  his  studies. 
Here  he  dwelt  in  a  family,  which,  for  piety,  order,  har- 
mony, and  every  virtue,  was  a  house  of  God.  Had  it  not 
been  for  this  happy  event,  he  might,  to  human  view, 
ijave  sunk  into  his  grave  in  the  midst  of  his  days;  and 
thus  the  Church  and  the  World  would  have  been  depri- 
ved of  his  many  excellent  works,  which  he  published  du- 
ring his  residence  in  this  family- 

In  the  year  1728,  he  received  from  Edinburg  and 
vT'deen,  an  unsolicited  diploma,  by  which  he  became 


INTRODUCTION.  v 

Doctor  of  Divinity.  This  academical  honour  was  judi- 
ciously bestowed,  as  it  was  much  deserved. 

He  continued  many  years  to  study  and  preach,  and 
to  do  good  by  his  instruction  and  exaranle;  till  at  last 
the  infirmities  of  age  disabled  hint  from  the  \hore  labori- 
ous part  of  nis  ministerial  functions  ;  in  consequenc.  of 
which  he  offered  to  remit  his  salary  ;  but  his  Congrega- 
tion would  not  accept  the  resignation 

By  degrees  his  weakness  increased,  and  at  last  con- 
fined him  to  his  chamber  and  his  bed  ;  where  he  was 
worn  gradually  away  without  pain,  tiil  he  expired — Nov. 
25,  1748,  in  the  75th  year  of  his  jge. 

Dr.  Watts  was  very  emin  nt  as  a  preacher.  In 
the  pulpit,  though  nis  stature  was  low,  which  very  little 
exceeded  five  feet  ;  yet  the  gravity  and  propriety  of  his 
utterance  made  his  discourses  very  efficacious.  In  the 
art  of  pronunciation  he  particularly  excelled. 

Few  »nen  have  left  behind  them  such  purity  of  char- 
acter, or  such  monuments  of  iaborious  piety.  His  wri- 
tings are  numerous  and  his  subjects  various.  Their 
number  and  variety  show  the  intenseness  of  his  industry 
and  the  extent  of  his  capacity.  He  has  provided  instruc- 
tion for  all  ages  and  classes  ot  men.  He  has  left  nei- 
ther corporeal  nor  spiritual  nature  unexplored.  He  has 
taught  the  art  of  reasoning  and  the  science  of  the  stars. 

To  promote  religion  and  to  do  good  always  enga* 
ged  his  heart.  He  was  habitually  of  a  mild  and  candid 
spirit.  It  was  not  only  in  his  book,  but  in  his  mind,  that 
orthodoxy  was  united  with  charity. — In  one  of  his  letters 
to  Dr.  Colman,  of  Boston,  dated  Sept-  16,  1736,  after 
thanking  him  for  his  picture,  he  says — "I  have  put  it  in 
a  frame,  that  it  may  hang  in  the  same  rank  with  Ur.  In- 
crease Mather  and  Dr.  Cotton  Mather,  in  the  front 
of  my  study.  1  have  there  near  eighty  philosophers  and 
divines  surrounding  me  ;  their  spirits  are  copied  n  their 
books,  and  their  faces  adorn  my  beloved  place  of  retire- 
ment. Here  Heathens  and  Christians,  Papists  and  Pro- 
testants, Calvinists  and  Arminians,  Prerbyterians  and  E- 
piscopalians,  all  meet  in  s'rtence  and  peace.  Were  you 
to  see  my  cohabitants,  you  would  say,  I  was  a  man  of  Ca- 
tholicism. Most  of  them  I  hope  to  meet  in  the  regions 
of  peace  and  love." 

His  tenderness  appeared  in  his  attention  to  children 
and  to  the  poor.  To  the  poor,  while  he  lived  in  the  fam- 
ily of  his  friend,  according  to  Dr.  Johnson,  he  allowed 
flie   third  part  of  his  annual  revenue — And   for  children 


vi  INTRODUCTION, 

he  condescended  to  lay  aside  the  scholar  and  the  philoso* 
phef,  to  write  little  poems  of  devotion  and  systems  of  in- 
struction tor  their  nurture  and  moral  improvement.  Eve- 
ry man,  acquainted  with  the  common  principles  of  human 
action.  w,y^v5Div  with  veneration  on  tne  writer,  who  is  at 
one  time  combating  Locke  ;  and  at  another,  making  a 
cattchism  for  children  in  their  fourth  year. 


As  a  poet  his  ear  was  well  tuned,  and  his  diction  was 
elegant  and  copious.  lie  was  a  maker  of  verses  from 
fifteen  to  fifty.  H:s  sacred  poetry  is  beautiful  as  well  as 
devotional.  He  has  been  deservedly  called//^  snveet  sing- 
er in  Christian  Israel,  and  the  first  of  uninspired  divine  po- 
ets, iiis  Psalms  and  Hymns  have  been  much  esteemed 
and  extensively  used  in  Christian  bocieties.  Different 
denominations  of  good  men  have  approved  and  adopted 
them.  They  appear  to  bt  better  adapted  to  pub  ic  worship, 
than  any  other  version  or  collection,  which  has  yet  ap- 
peared. 

With  a  view  to  their  further  usefulness,  the  Editov 
now  offers  the  following  edition  to  the  public,  it  has 
been  his  endeavour  to  have  this  edition  accurate  and  gen- 
nine.  To  this  end,  he  has  gone  back  to  an  ancient  Eon- 
don  edition,  and  made  it  his  principal  copy.  By  following 
this,  numerous  and  material  errors,  which  are  found  in 
more  modern  editions,  are  here  corrected. 

Sinc  e  the  decease  of  Dr.  Watts,  many  of  his  Psalms 
and  Hymns,  under  pretence  of  improvement,  have  been 
much  altered,  both  in  sentiment  and  diction  ;  but  these 
alterations  the  present  Editor  has  carefully  avoided.  In- 
stead of  making  this  eminent  poet  **  write  by  the  judg- 
ment of  another,"  he  has  endeavoured  to  restore  him  to 
his  original  purity  ;  or  to  bring  luck  this  excellent  ver- 
sion, as  fir  as  possible,  to  the  state,  in  which  the  Au- 
thor left  it. 

A  few  variations,  however,  on  account  of  time  and 
place,  have  become  necessai  y.  In  some  instances,  wrnre 
the  original  version  is  local,  it  is  here  made  to  apply  to 
christian  worship  in  general ;  and  where  it  is  particu- 
larly adapted  to  the  British  nation  and  government,  it 
is  here  varivd  and  suited  to  die  state  and  events  of  our 
own  Country.  These  variati  >ns  are  not  made  for  the 
sake  of  impioving  tne  orig.nal,  but  meuly  in  accom- 
modation to  local  situation  and  national  circumstances  ; 
and  in  this  view,  Eire  both  proper  and  needful", 


INTRODUCTION.  fa 

Notwithstanding  the  number  and  variety  of  Dr. 
Wat  ts'  Hymns,  yet  it  is  found  that  they  do  not  comprise 
all  the  subjects,  which  are  needful  for  public  worship. 
Circumstances  and  occasions  often  occur,  for  which 
no  particular  Hymn  is  here  adapted.  For  this  reason  a 
4th  Book  of  Occasional  Hymns  is  here  added.  This  will 
^n  part  supply  the  deficiency.  Though  it  is  not  pretend- 
ed, that  this  book  will  furnish  e veiy  Occasional  Hymn, 
which  may  be  requisite  ;  yet  such  as  are  adapted  to 
some  of  the  most  interesting  occasions  will  be  found. 
The  number  might  easily  have  been  enlarged  ;  but  the 
Editor  was  fearful  of  swelling  the  volume.  Though  the 
work  might  have  been  better  executed,  had  it  fallen  into 
more  competent  hands ;  yet  such  as  it  is,  it  is  hoped, 
lhat  it  will  be  acceptable  and  become  useful. 

In  making  this  selection,  no  party  feeling  has  been 
indulged  ;  nor  has  it  been  the*  object  to  favour  or  oppose 
any  particular  system  of  opinions,  or  to  build  up  one  sect 
in  opposition  to  another.  The  inquiry  has  been,  not  for 
Hymns,  which  inculcate  peculiar  sentiments,  but  for  such 
as  are  adapted  to  particular  occasions.  It  has  been  aim- 
ed, exclusively,  to  promote  an  important  branch  of  pub- 
lic worship  ;  and  to  do  good  upon  general  and  christian 
principles — Several  Hymns,  which  are  not  occasional, 
have  been  selected  on  account  of  the  metre. 

The  execution  of  the  work,  together  with  the  views 
and  motives  of  the  Editor,  is  now  submitted  to  the  public. 

STEPHEN  PALMER, 
Xcedham,  May — 1811. 

NOTE. 
The  characters  denoting  the  Sharfi  and  Flat  Key.?,  a; 
the  beginning  of  the  Psalms  and  Hymns,  are  placed,  in 
general,  according  to  to  the  direction  of  Mr.  S.  Holyckk  ; 
who  is  about  publishing  a  volume  of  Musick,  which  will 
contain  Tunes  suited  to  all  the  Metres  in  Dr.  Watts' 
Psalms  and  Hymns,  and  to  those  of  the  Fourth  Book  of 
this  edition, and  also  to  those  in  mo3t  other  books  now  in 
use  — With  respect  to  Ahre-ciatiins,  the  Printer  has  en- 
deavoured to  follow  an  uniform  system,  abreviating  only' 
such  words  as  would  necessarily  require  the  pronuncia- 
tion of  such  syllables.  The  words  loved) moved,  grieved, 
Sec.  may  be  written  and  pronounced  as  monosyllables  — 
The  Keladve  Pronouns  are  uniform —The  &ui 
though  varied  from  most  editions,  it  is  believed,  wili.be 
.  best  rules  of  speaki 


ERR  A  T  A. 

Notwithstanding  the  care  and  attention  of  the  Prix?eA 
to  have  this  impression  accurate,  yet  the  following  ERRORS 
escaped  his  notice  in  part  of  the  impressions  ;  and  which  the 
Reader  is  requested  to  correct. 

Psalm    5 — v.  8,  1.  2.  for  thy  r  their. 

12— C.  M.  v.  3,  1.  2,  for  thy  r  their. 

18— 2d  part  C.  M.  v.  4,  1.  1,  for  idle  r  idol. 

34 — 1st  part  C.  M.  v.  8.  1   4,  for  food  r  good. 

35 — for  3d  part  r  2d  part. 

46 — ist  part  L.  M.  v.  6, 1.  1,  for  our  r  her. 

63 — 2d  part  C,   M.  and  S.   M.  should   have  the 

character  b. 
65 — 1st  part  L.  M.   should  have  the  character^. 
72 — 2d  part  L.  M.   v.  6,  1.   2,  for  lose  r  loose. 
80— v.    12,  1    2,  last  word  but  one,  for  thy  r  they. 
84— H.  M.  v.  2,  1.   5,  for  spirits  r  spirit. 
95 — L.  M.  v.  2,  1.  4,  for  chuse  r  chose. 
114 — Li  M.  v.  6,  1.    3,  for  from  r  with. 
119 — part  14th  v,  6,  1,  3,  for  nor  r  but — and  line 
4,  for  but  r  nor. 

Book  I» 
Hymn  8— v.  2,  1.  4,  for  asssutts  r  assaults. 
16 — V,  4,  1.  Sj  for  raise  r  rise. 
58 — v   6,  1.  4,  for  Delivers  r  Deliverer's. 
14  i — v.  7,  1.  2,  iorfrcw  r  from. 
Book  II. 
HYMN   2 — V.  4,  1.  3,  for  thy  r  they. 

17 — v.   1,1.  1,  between  the  words  Rise  and  myy  iftr 

sen  the  word  rue. 
54 — v.  2,  1.  3,  for  tar  r  star. 
58 — v.  7,  1.  3,   for  name  r  praise. 
59 — v.  5,  1.   1,  for   While  r   White. 
78 — v.    1,  1.  2,  for  iost  r  lost. 
137— v.  4,  1.  4,  for  foars  r  tor. 


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INDEX: 

Or>    TABLE    to  find   a    PHALM   suited    to  f.artic: 
Subjects  or  Occasions. 

«  «  ©  »  — 

Note,  /a  M/«  7a^/<?  I  have  not  directed  to  the  several 
Parts  or  Metres  of  the  Psalm,  lest  it  should  dreed  too  great 
a  confusion  of  Figures.  11  hat  is  sought  in  any  Fsaim  may 
easily  be  found  by  turning  a  Leaf  or  two  backward  or  for- 
ward, to  the  distinct  Parts  or  Metres. 

If  you  find  not  what  word  you  seek  in  this  Table,  s'eek  <7- 
no> her  of  the  same  Signification -.  Or  seek  it  under  some  of 
the  more  general  Words  ;  such  as  God,  Christ,  Church, 
Saints,   Psalm,  Prayer.  Affliction,  Grace,   Deliver- 

ance, Death,  &c«      The  Figures  refer  to  the  Psalms, 

A 
DAM,  the  first  and  second,  their  dominion,  Psalm  8. 
Afflicted,  pity  to  them,  85,  41  ;   and   tempted,    sup- 
ported, b3,  145,  146;  their  prayer,  102,  143;  saints  hap- 
py,  73,  1  19,  xivth  fiart,  94. 

Afflictions,  hope  in  them,  13,  4:,  77  ;  support  and  prof- 
it, 119,  xivth  fiart  ;  instruction  by  them,  9  1.  I  19,  x\  inth 
fiart  ;  sanctified,  94,  1 1 9,  xvnth  part ;  courage  in  them, 
119,  xvilthflari  ;  removed  by  prayer,  3  1,  107  ;  submis- 
sion to  them,  39,  123,  13  i  ;  from  men,  bee  Perse  ution  ; 
in  mind  and  body,  143  ;  frying  our  graces,  66,  1  19.  xvnth 
part  ;  without  rejection,  89  ;  of  saints  and  sinners  differ- 
ent, 94  ;  gentle,  103;  moderated,  125;  very  great,  77, 
102,  143.  Aged  saints  reflection  and  hope,  71. 

American  Revolution,  psalm  adapted  to,  21  :  Indepen- 
dence's. Ail  seeing  God,  139. 

Angels  guardian,  34,  9i  ;  all  subject  to  Christ,  89,  97  ; 
praise  the  Lord,  i03;   present  in  churches,  i38. 

Afi/ieal  to  God  against  persecutors,  7  ;  concerning  our 
sincerity,  l39  ;  our  humility,  131. 

Ascension  of  Christ,  24,  47,  68,  110. 

Assistance  from  God,  138.  144. 

Atheism  practical,  12,  14,  36  ;  punished,  16. 

Attributes  of  God.  36,  111,  145,  147. 

Authority  from  God,  75,  82. 
B 

BACKSLIDING  soul  in  distress,  and  desertion,  25  ;  re- 
stored, 51  ;  pardoned,  78,  130. 
B 


INDEX 


Bt-.ssing  of  God  on  the  business  and  comforts  of  life,  i27 
jBiesnings  of  a  family,  128,  i33;  of  a  nation,    144,  147  ; 
of  the  country,  65,  147  ;  of  a  person,  I.  32,   1 1 2. 
Blood  of  Christ  cleansing  from  sin,  51,  69. 
Book  of  nature  and  scripture,  19,  1 19,  ivth  fiart. 
Brotherly  love,  133;   reproof,  14  1. 
Busiiiess  of  life  blessed,  127. 
C 

CARE  of  God  over  his  saints,  34. 
Chanty  to  the  poor,  37,  41,   112;  and   justice,    15, 
112;   mixed  with  imprecations.  35. 

Children  pra  sing  God,  8  ;  made  blessings,  127,  128; 
instructed,  3  i,  78,  Chastm  merit.     Sec  Afflictions. 

Christ  the  second  Adam,  his  incarnation,  his  dominion, 
8  ;  his  all-sufiiciency,  16  ;  his  ascension,  24,  68,  I  10  ;  the 
church's  foundation,  118  ;  his  coming,  the  signs  of  i2  ; 
his  condescension  and  glorification,  8  ;  covenant  made 
With  him,  89  ;  first  and  second  coming,  or  his  incarna- 
tion, kingdom  and  judgment,  96,  97,  98  ;  the  true  Da- 
vid, 89,  35  ;  his  death  and  resurrection,  22.  16,  69  ;  the 
eternal  Creator,  102;  exalted  10  the  kingdom,  2,  8,  2  1, 
72,  1  10  ;  our  example,  109  ;  faith  in  his  blood,  5  1  ;  God 
and  man,  89  ;  his  God-head,  102  ;  our  hope,  4,  51  ;  his 
incarnation  and  sacrifice,  40  ;  the  King  and  the  Church 
his  spouse,  45  ;  his  kingdom  among  the  Gentiles,  72,  87, 
132  ;  his  love  to  enemies,  35,  109  ;  his  majesty,  97,  99  ; 
his  mediatorial  kingdom,  89,  ilo  ;  his  obedience  and  death, 
69  ;  his  personal  glories  and  government,  45  ;  praised  by 
children,  8  ;  priest  and  king,  I  10  ;  his  resurrection  on 
the  Lord's  day,  lis  ;  oar  strroeth  and  righteousness  71  ; 
his  sufferings  and  kingdom,  2,  22,  69  ;  his  sufferings  for 
cur  salvation,  69  ;  his  zeal  and  i    proaches.  69. 

Christian  qualifications,  15,  24;  church  made  up  of 
Jews  and  Gentiles,  67, 

Churchy  its  beauty,  45,  48,  122  ;  the  birth  place  of  saints, 
87;  built  on  Jesus  Christ,  118;  delight  and  safety  in, 
27;  destruction  of  enemies  proceeds  from  thence,  76; 
gathered  and  settled,  132  ;  of  the  Gentiles,  45,  47  ;  God 
fights  for  her,  10,  20,  46  ;  God's  presence  there,  84,  132  ; 
God's  special  delight,  87,  132  ;  God's  garden,  92  ;  going 
to,  122;  the  house  and  care  of  God,  135;  of  the  Jews 
and  Gentiles,  87  ;  its  increase,  67  ;  prayer  in  distress,  80  ; 
persecuted,  see  Persecution  ;  restored  by  prayer,  85,  102, 
107 ;  its  safety  in  national  desolations,  46  ;  is  the    safety 


INDEX. 


and  honour  of  a  nation,  48  ;  the  spouse  of  Christ,  45  ;  its 
worship  unci  order,  48  ;  wrath  against  enemies  proceeds 
thence,  76.        Colonics  planted,  107. 

Comfort,  holiness  and  pardon,  4,  33,  n9,  xith  and  xiith 
fiarts,  and  support  in  God,  16,  94  ;  from  ancient  provi- 
dences, 77,  143;  of  life  blest,  i27  ;  and  pardon,  i30. 

Comfiany  of  saints,   16,  io$. 

Comfilaint  of  absence  from  public  worship,  4  J  ;  of  sick- 
ness, 6;  ofdesertion,  13  ;  pride,  atheism,  oppression.  Sec. 
10,  12;  of  temptation,  i3  ;  general,  102  ;  of  quarrelsome 
neighbours,  120;  of  heavy  afflictions  in  mind  and  body,  . 

Com  of  God,  103,  145,  1 47. 

Communion  with  saint  i33. 

Confession  of  our  poverty,  16;  of  sin,  repentance  and 
pardon,  32,  38,  51   13 

nscienee  tender,  1  19,  xiiith  flaft ;  its  guilt  relieved,  32, 
38.  5  I,  130.  1  complained  of, 

Converse  with  God,  63,  119',  iid  part. 

Conversion  and  joy,  1  26  ;  at  the  ascension  of  Christ.  110  ; 
Jews  and  Gentiles.  87, 96,  106.     Correction.  See  Affliction, 

Corruption  of  manners  in  general,  11,  12. 

Counsel  and  support  from   God,    16,  11 9,  vith  fiart, 

(  mrage  in  death,  16,  17,  71  ;  in  persecution,  ri9,  xviith 
fiart.  Covenant  made  w.th  Christ,  89  ;  of  grace  un- 
changeable, 89,   106. 

Creation  and  Povidence,  33,  104,  135,   136,  147,  148. 

Creatures  no  trust  in,  33,  62,  1  :  •»  j  vain,  and  God  afl- 
sufil/ient,  33,  ;  praising  God,  148. 

D 
AILY  devotion,  55,  i39. 
Day  o(  humiliation  for  disappointments  inwrfr,  60. 

Death  and  resurrection  of  Christ,  16.  69;  of  saints  and 
sinners,  17.  .17.  49  ;  and  sufferings  of  Christ,  22,  69  ;  de- 
liverance from  ,  31  ;  and  pride,  49;  and  the  resurrec- 
tion, 49,  71,  89  ;  courage  in,  16,  17,  23  ;  the  effect  of 
3in,  90. 

Defence  in  God,  3,  12  1  ;  and  salvation  in  God,  18,  61. 

Delaying  sinners  warned,  95. 

Delight  and  safety  in  the  church,  27,  18,  84  J  in  the 
Jaw  of  God  I  9,  vth,  vinth,  and  xvinth  fiarts  ;  in  God, 
18,  42,  63,  73    84. 

Deliverance  begun  and  perfected,  H5  ;  from  despair,  18  ; 
from  deep  distress,  31,  40  ;  from  death,  31.  118;  from 
oppresson  and  falsehood,  56  ;  persecution,  53,  94  ;  by 
prayer,  34,  40,  85,    i26;    from    shipwreck,    |07  j    from 


1-6  INDEX. 


slander,  3i  ;  surprising,  126  ;  from  temptation,  3,  6,    i-S, 
18  ;  from  a  tumult,  1 18. 

Desertion  and  distress  of  soul,  i3,  25,  38,  i43. 

Derive  of  knowledge,  n9,  ixth  part ;  of  comfort  and 
deliverance,  II 9,  xnth  part ;  of  quickening  grace  u9, 
XYtthfiart:     of  holiness  119,  xith  jiart. 

Desolations,  the  church's  safety  in,  33,  46. 

Despair  and  hope  in  death,  17,  49;  deliverance  from, 
i8,  130. 

Devotion  daily,  55,  i34,  i4i  ;  on  a  sick  bed,  6,  39. 
See  Morning,  Evening,  Lord's  Day. 

Direction  and  pardon,  25  ;  and  defence  prayed  fur,  5  ; 
and  hope,  42.     See  Knowledge. 

Disease.     See  Sickness. 

Distress  of  soul,  or  backsliding  and  desertion  25.  reliev- 
ed, 5i*  1 30.  Dominion  of  man  over  creatures,  8. 

Doubts  and  fears  suppressed,  3,  3i,  i43. 

Drunkard  and  glutton,  107. 

Duty  to  God  and  man,  i5,  24. 

Dwelling  with  God.     See  Heaven,  Church,  &c. 

E 

-{EDUCATION    religious,  34,78, 

•^  Egypt's  plagues,  i05. 

End  ol' the  righteous  and  wicked,  1,  37. 

Enemies  overcome,  18  ;  prayed  for,  35,  i09  ;  destroy- 
ed, i2,  48,  76.  Envy  and  unbelief  cured,  37,  49. 

Equity  and  wisdom  of  Providence,  9. 

Evening  Psalm,  4,  i39,  i4i. 

Evidences  of  grace,  or  self-examination  26  ;  of  sincer- 
ity, 18,  19,  i39. 

Evil  times    i2  ;  neighbours  120  ;  magistrates  11,  58,82. 

Exaltation  of  Christ  to  the  kingdom  2,  21,  22,  69,  72, 110. 

Examination  or  evidences  of  grace   26,  i39. 

Exhortation  to  peace  and  holiness  34. 
F 

TCI  AITH  and  prayer  of  persecuted  saints,  35,  ;  in   the 

«"-  blood  of  Christ,  32,  5 1  j  in  divine  grace  and  pow- 
er, 62,  1 30. 

Faithfulness  of  God,  S9, 105,  in,  145, 146  ;  of  man,  15,  I4I. 

Falsehood,  blasphemy,  Sec.  i2  ;  and  oppression,  deliver- 
ance from  them,  i2,  56. 

Family  government,  1O1  ;  love  and  worship,  i33; 
blessings,  i28. 

Fears  and  doubts  suppressed,  3,  3i,  34  ;  in  the  wor' 
ship  of  God,  893  99  ;  of  God,  ii9,  ximh //<?rf. 


INDEX,  n 


Flattery  and  deceit  complained  of,  i2,  36. 

Forgiveness,     See  Pardon.  Formal   worship,   50. 

Frailty  of  man,  89,  90,  It  I,     /'><?{/w/>/e.ssdiscouraged,  37. 

Friendship  us  blessings,  I  33.       Funeral  Psalm,  89,  90. 
G 
ENTILES  given  to  Christ,  ?,  22,  72  ;  church,  45, 
65,  72,  87  ;  owning  the  true  God,  4j,  96,  9S. 

Glorification  anil  condescension  of  Christ,  8,  45. 

Glory  of  God  in  our  salvation,  69  ;  and  grace  promised) 
34,  89,  97.  Glutton,  78  ;  and  drunkard,  i07. 

God  all  in  all,  127  :  all-seeimr,  ;  i39  ;  all-sufficient,  16,- 
33  ;  his  being,  attributes,  and  Providence  36,  65,  i47  ; 
his  care  of  saints  7,  34  ;  his  creation  and  Providence  33y 
|04,  Sec.  our  defence  and  salvation  3,  33,  61,  ii5  ;  eter- 
nal and  sovereign,  and  holy  93;  eternal  and  man  mortal 
90,  102  ;  faithfulness  89,  i05,  in  ;  glorified  and  sinnci: 
saved  69  ;  goodness  and  mercy  1 03,  i45  ;  goodness  and 
truth  i45,  i46;  governing  power  and  goodness  66; 
great  at. d  good  68,  144,  145,  147;  heart-searching  139; 
our  only  hope  and  help  142  ;  the  judge  9,  50,  97  ;  and 
condescension  113,144  ;  mercy  and  truth    36,  89,  103,136, 

145  ;  made  man  8  ;  of  nature  and  grace  65  ;  his  perfec- 
tions 36,  in,  115,  147;  our  portion,  and  Christ  our  hope 
4  ;  our  portion  here  and  hereafter  7  3  ;  his  power  and 
majesty  68.  89,  93,  96  ;  praised  by  children  8;  our  pre- 
server 121,138;  present  in  his  churches  84  ;  our  refuge 
in  national  troubles,  46  ;  our  shepherd,  23  ;  his  sover- 
eignty and  goodness  toman,  8,  113,  144  ;  our  support  and 
comfort,  94  ;  supreme  governor,  7*,  83,  93  ;  his  vengeance 
and  compassion,  68,  97  ;  unchangeable,  89,  m  ;  his  uni- 
versal dominion,  103  ;  his  wisdom  in  his  works,  m,  |39  ; 
worthy  of  all  praise,  115,  146,  |50  :  ki.ul  to  his  people  I      , 

146  :   his  majesty  97. 

.'  works,  15,  24,  112,  profit  men  not  God,  16. 

Goodness  of  God,  8,  103,  in,  145,  146. 

Gosfiel,  its  glory  and  success,  19,  45,  110  ;  joyful  sound, 
39,93  ;  worship  and  order,  !S. 

Government  of  Christ,  45;  from  God,  75. 

Grac:,  its  evidences,  ov  self-examination,  26,  139  ;  a- 
bove  riches,  li  1  ;  without  merit,  16,  52  ;  of  Christ,  45,  72  -x 
and  providence,  33,  36,  135,  136,  117;  preserving  and  re- 
storing, 138  ;  truth  and  protection,  5  7  ;  tried  by  affliction} 
17,  66-  12  5  ;  and  glory,  84,  97  ;  pardoning,  130. 

Guilt  of  conscience  relieved  32}  33,  51,  130. 
15  2 


18  INDEX. 

H 

MAPPY  saint  and  cursed  sinner,  i. 
Harvest,  65    126,  147. 

Health,  sickness  and  recovery,  6,  50,  31 ;  prayed  for,  6, 
38,  39.  Heart  known  to  God,  \*j 

Hearing  of  prayer  and  salvation,  4,  10,  66,  102. 

Heaven  of  separate  souls  and  resurrection,  17  ;  the 
saints  dwelling  place,  24. 

Holiness,  pardon  and  comfort,  4  ;  desired,  119,  xiihpart  ,- 
professed,  119,  ind  part,  139. 

Hofie  in  darkness,  13,  77,  143  ;  of  resurrection,  16,  71  ; 
and  despair  in  death,  17,  49  ;  and  prayer,  27  ;  for  victo- 
ry, 20  ;   and  direction,  42  ;   in  afflictions.  42,  143. 

Hcsanna  of  the  children,  8  ;   for  the  Lord's  day,  118. 

Household.     Slc  Family. 

Humiliation  day.  10  ;  for  disappointment,  60. 

Humility  and  submission,  39,  131. 

Hypocrites  and  hypocrisy,  12,  50. 
I 

IDOLATRY  reproved,  16,  115,  135. 
Images.  See  Idolatry.      Imprecations  and  charity,  35* 
Incarnation,  96,  97,  98;   and  sacrifice  of  Christ,  40. 
Infants.     See  Children.  Instructive  afflictions,  94. 

Instruction  from  God,  25  ;  from  scripture,  119,  lvtlt 
and  vnth  parts  ;  in  piety,  34. 

Intemperav.ee  punished,  78  ;  and  pardoned,  107. 
Israel  saved  from  the  Assyrians.  70  ;  saved  from  E^ypt 
and  brought  to  Canaan,  77,  105,  107,    135,   136  ;  rebellion 
and  punishment,  78  ;  punished  and  pardoned,    106,  107  ; 
navels  in  the  wilderness  107,114. 

J 
•jfEHOVAH,  68,  83  ;   leigns,  93,  96,  97. 
*^  Jtivs.     See  Israel. 
Joy  of  conversion,  126.     See  Delight. 
Judgment  and  mercy,  9.  68  ;  day.    i.    50.    96,    97,    98, 
149  ;   seat  of  God,  9.  Justification  free,  32,  130. 

Justice  of  providence,  9  ;  and  truth  towards  men,  15. 

K 
ffTIXG  David  and  Christ.  21. 
-"■  Kingdom  of  Christ      See  Christ. 
Knowledge  desired,  19,  119,  lxth  part. 
L 

LAW  of  God,   delight    in,   119,  vth  part. 
Liberality  rewarded,  4],  112. 


INDEX.  IS 


Life  and  riches,  their  vanity,  49  ;  short  and  Lcbie,  89, 
90,  11  I .  ring  after  God,  42,  63. 

Lord's  clay  Psalm,  92   118  :  morning,  5,  19,  63. 

Love  of  God  to  the  righteous,  and  hatred  to  the  wick- 
ed, i,  ii  ;  to  our  neighbour,  15  ;  of  Christ  to  sinners.  35  ; 
of  God  better  than  life,  6  3  ;  of  God  unchangeable,  89,106  ; 
to  enemies.  35,  109  ;  brotherly,  and  worship  m  a  family, 
133.  Luxury  punished,  78  ;  and  pardoned,  107. 

M 

MYGISTR\TES  warned,    58,   82;    qualifications, 
101  ;  raised  and  d-poscd,  75. 
JWajesty  of  God,  68.      See  God. 

Man,  his  vanity  as  mortal,  39.    89,    g0,    144  ;  dominion 
OTCr  creatures    8  ;   mortal;  and  Christ   eternal.  102  ;    won- 
derful formation    139.  Marriage  mystical    45. 
Mariner'*  Psalm    107.  '  of  a  family    101. 
M-dcfation    i,  63,  119,  vth  and  vi'.h  par 
Melancholy  reproved    42  ;  and*  hope    77;   removed  126. 
Mercie*  common  and  special    68  ;   spiritual    and    tem- 
poral 103  ;  innumerable   139  ;  .   recorded 
107  ;   and  judgment  9  ;  and    truth  of   God    36,    89,    lu3, 
136,145,  146.          Merit  disclaimed   16. 

Mes'afi.     See  Christ        Mu.ister*  ord.  lined,  132. 

bight  thoughts   63,  139,  119  vth   and  vnh  fiarih 
Miracle*  in  the  wild',  rness    1 14. 
Morning  Psalm    3.  14  1  ;  of  a  Sabbath  5,  P.  C3. 
Mortality  of  man   39,  49,  90  ;  and  hop-   B9  ;  and  God's 
eternity   90,  102. 

N 
VTIOX'S  honour  and    safety    is  the   church    48  -r 
prosperity  67,  \4  ;  .  .1  pun'shed    107. 

National  deliverance    67,  75,  76,  12  !,    126;  desolations, 
the  church's  safety  and  triumph  in  them   46. 

Nature  and  scripture    19,  119,  Tilth  parti  of  man  139. 
Hem- England  Psalm    107. 
O 

OBEDIENCE  sincere  18,  32,  13S  ;  better  than  sacri- 
fice  50. 
Old-age^  death    90  ;   and    resurrection  71,  89. 
Omni/iresence,  Omniscience,  Omnipotence)  Cvc.  See  God. 

P 
"O  \U!)()\T.  holiness  and  comfort     4  ;  of  backsliding 
-"■     78;   and  direction,  S3  ;  and  repentance  prayed   for 
38  ;  and  conies  ion    ^>2  ;  of  original  and    actual   sin   5)  j 
plentiful  with  God    130. 


20  INDEX. 


Patience  under  afflictions,  39  ;  under  persecutions  37, 
44;  in  darkness,  77,  130,  131. 

Peace  and  holiness  encouraged  34;  with  men  desired 
120.  Perfections  of   God  36,  in,  145,  147. 

Persecuted  saints,  their  prayer  and  faith  35,  44,  74,, 
80,  83, 

Persecution,  victory  over  and  deliverance  from  7,  53, 
94;  courage    in    119,    xvnth  part. 

Perseverance  138  ;    in  trials  119,  xvnth  fiart. 

Persecutors  punished  7,  129,  149  ;  their  folly  14  ;  com- 
plained of  35,  44,  74,  80.  83  ;  deliverance  from  9,  10,  94. 

Persona!  glories  of  Christ  45. 

Pestilence,  preservation  in    91. 

Piety,  instruction  therein    34.     See  Saints. 

Pity  to  the  afflicted   41.     See  Charity,  God. 

Pleading  without  repining  39,  123  ;  the  promises  119, 
xth  fiart.  Poor j  charity  to  them  15,  37    41,  112. 

Portion  of  saints  and  sinners    i,  11,  17,  37. 

Poverty  confessed   16. 

Power  and  majesty  of  God   68,  89,  145.     See  God. 

Practical  atheism  14,  36. 

Praise  to  God  from  children  8  ;  tor  creation  and  prov- 
idence 33,  104  ;  to  our  Creator  100  ;  from  all  creatures 
148  ;  for  eminent  deliverance  3  i,  118;  general  86.  145, 
150;  for  the  gospel  98  ;  for  health  restored  30,  116  ;  for 
hearing  prayer  66,  102  ;  to  Jesus  Christ  45  ;  from  all 
nations  117;  and  prayer  public  65;  for  protection,  grace 
and  truth  57  ;  for  providence  and  grace  36  ;  for  raio 
65,  147  ;  from  the  saints  149,  150  ;  for  temptations  over- 
come  13  ;  for  temporal  blessings,  68  147  ;  for  victory  in 
war  IS. 

Prayer  heard  4,  34,  65,  66  ;  in  time  of  war  20  ;  and 
hope  of  victory  20  ;  and  praise  public  65  ;  and  hope  27  ; 
in  church's  distress  80  ;  heard,  and  Zion  restored  102  ; 
and  faith  of  persecuted  saints  35,  37,  56  ;  and  praise  for 
deliverance  34;  for  repentance  and  pardon  kc.  38.  See 
Complaint.  Preserving  grace   138. 

Preservation  in  public  dangers  46,  91,   112  ;  daily  121. 
Pride,   atheism     and    oppression     punished    10,   12    ; 
and  death  49. 

Priesthood  of  Christ   51,  110.  Princes  vain  62,  146. 

Profession  of  sincerity  and  repentance  Sec.  119,  ind 
part)  139;  false    50. 

Promises  and  ihreatenings  81  ;  pleaded  119,  xth  part. 


INDEX.  21 


Prosperity  dangerous,  5  5.  7  ' . 

Prosperous  sinners  cursed  37,  49.  7Z. 

Protection,  truth  and  grace    57  ;  by  day  and  night  IS  1. 

Providence,  its  wisdom  aiv!  equity  9  ;  and  creation  33, 
135,  I36  ;  and  grace  36.  147  ;  and  perfections  of  God  36  ; 
its  mystery  unfolded  73  ;  recorded,?^  78.  107;  >n  ir, 
earth  unci  sea  .*3,  <  117.  Prudence  and  zea-  3?. 

Psalm  for  soldiers  13,  60  ;  for  old  age  T\  \  tor  I  us- 
bandmen  *5  ;  for  a  funeral  39,  90  ;  for  the  Lord's  day 
92;  before  prayer  93  ;  before  sermon  95;  for  magis- 
trates 101;  for  housholders  101;  for  mariners  107  ; 
for  gluttons  and  drunkards  107  ;  for  New-England  107  ; 
See  Morning,  Evei< 

Public  praise  for  private  mercies  116.  1  18  ;  for  deliv- 
erance 124;  worship,  absence  from  it  complained  of  42; 
worship  attended  on    122  ;  prayer  and  praise   65,  84. 

Punishment  of  sinners,  t,  11,  37  ;  and  salvation  78,81, 
106.     See  Affliction.         Purfioies  holy  119.  xvth  part. 

Q 
fUALIFIGATIO:  Si. 

Quarrel-  ,rs    i20. 

Quickening  gra~e    U9,  $.vitp  part. 
R 
\INT  from  heaven  65,  I35,  147. 
Recovery  from  sickness  6,  30,  U6. 

Rejoicing  in  God  18.     See  Joy,  Del 

Relative  duties    15,    I33. 

Religion  and  justice  \$  ;  in  words  and  d< 

Religious  education.  34  78. 

Remembrance  of  former  deliverances  77,  I43. 

Repentance,  confession  and  pardon  32;  and  prayer  iov 
pardon  and  strength  38  ;  and  faith  in  the  blood  oi  Chtiftl 
S  1 .        Reproach  removed  3I,  37. 

Resignation,  39.  123,  131. 

Resolutions    holy  119,  xvtli  part. 

Restoring  grace  23.  138. 

Resurrection  and  de  ith  of  Christ  2,  16  ;  of  the  saints 
16,  17,  49   71  ;  and  d<   tth  49,  71,  89. 

Reverence  in  worship  89.  99. 

Revolution  American,  psalm  adapted  to,  32,  75. 

Riches,  their  vanity  49;  compared  with  grace  144. 

Righteous.     See  Saints. 

Righteousness,  from  Christ,  71.  See  Salvation,  Pardon') 
Christ. 


32  INDEX. 


S 

SABBATH.     See  Lord's  day. 
Sacrifice  40,  51,  69  ;  incarnation  of  Christ  40. 

Safety  in  public  dangers  91  ;  and  triumph  of  the  church 
in  national  desolations  46;  in  God  61;  and  delight  in 
the  church  27. 

Saints  happy,  and  sinners  cursed  1, 11,  H9. 1st  part ;  safety 
in  evil  times  12,  46;  the  best  company  16;  characterised 
15,  24;  and  sinners  portion  1,  17  ;  dwell  in  heaven  15,  24  ; 
punished  and  saved  78,  106  ;  God's  care  of  them  34  ;  re- 
ward at  last  50.  90,  92  ;  and  sinners  end  1,  1 1,  07  ;  pa- 
tience and  world's  hatred  37  ;  chastised  and  sinners  de- 
stroyed 94 ;  die,  but  Christ  lives  102;  punished  and 
pardoned  .06.  107  ;  conducted  to  heaven  106,  >07  ;  tried  and 
preserved  66, 125  ;  afflictions  moderated  125;  judging 
the  world  14 9 

Salvation  of  saints  10  ;  and  triumph,  18;  and  defence 
in  God  61  ;  by  Chris?  69,  85. 

Sanctified  afflictions  94.  II9.  last  part. 

Satan  subdued.  3,  6.  13. 

Scripture  compared  with  the  book  of  nature  I9,  II9 
vnth  part ;  instruction  from  it  II9  ivih  part  ;  delight  in, 
H9,  vth  and  xvnith  parts ;  holiness  and  comfort  from 
H9,  vith  part;  perfection  U9,  vnth  part ;  variety  and 
excellency  H9,  vinth  part ;  attended  with  the  Spirit  II9, 
ixth  part.  Seasons  of  the  year  65.  147. 

Seaman's  song  107.  Secret  devotion  34,  H9.  udpart. 

Seeking  God  27   63. 

«Se£f  examination,  or  evidences  of  grace  26,  I39. 

Separate  souls,  heaven,  of  17. 

Shepherd  of  saints  is  God  23. 

Shipwreck  prevented.  107  Sickness  healed  6,  30,  116. 

Sick-bed  devotion  6,  38.  59,116. 

Signs  of  Chnst's  commg  12,  96.  Sec. 

Sin  of  nature  14 ;  original  and  actual,  confessed  and 
pardoned  51 ;  and  chastisement  of  saints  78,  106  ;  unt> 
versal  14. 

Sincerity  I9,  26,  32,  I39  ;  proved  and  rewarded  18  : 
professed  II9,  md  part. 

Sinner  cursed  and  saint  happy  1,  11  ;  and  saints  portion- 
1,  17,  37,  50  :  hatred,  and  saints  patience  37  :  destroyed^ 
and  saints  chastised  94.  Shu  of  tongue  12,  34,  50. 

Slander,  deliverance  from  31,120. 

Song.     See  Psalm.      Sorrow.     See  Affliction,  Sickness. 

Souls  in  separate  state  17, 146, 1.50. 


INDEX. 


Spirit  given  at  Christ's  ascension  68  :  his  teaching  de- 
sired 51,  1I9.  ixth  part. 

Spiritual  enemies  overcome  3,  18  144  :  blessmgs  and 
punishment  81 :  mindedness  U9,  nd  part.  See  Saints, 
Grace,  &c. 

Spouse  of  Christ  the  king  is  the  church  45. 

Spring  of  the  year  65  :  summer  65, 104  :  and  winter  147. 

Storm  and  thunder  2g,  1 3 5.    l4fc>. 

Strength,  repentance  auri  pardon  prayed  for  38:  from 
Christ  71:  o;  grace,  I3S 

Submis-t jii  123    131  :   to  Christ  2  :  to  sickness  39. 

Success  ol  th«   g  sp.i    9    i  0 

Suff  rings  and  death  of  Christ  22  :  and  kingdom  of 
Christ  2,  22,  69,  110. 

Summer  65  :   winter  147. 

Supfiort  and  council  from  God  16  :  for  the  afflicted  and 
tempted  55  :  and  comfort  in  God  94,  II9.  xivth  part. 

Surety  and  sacrifice  of  Christ  40. 
T 

PJpEMPTATIONS  overcome,  3,    18  :  in  sickness  6  : 
■"■    escape  from  them  25  :  of  the    devil    I3  :     suppon 
UJider  them  3.  5  5,  9I.  Tempter.      See  Satan. 

Tender  conscience  II9.  xuith  part. 

Thanks  public  for  private  mercies  116,  US.     See  Praise. 

Threatening*  and  promises  81. 

Thunder  and  storm  2g#  I35,  148. 

Times  evil    1  1,  12.  Tongue  governed  34,  39. 

Trial  of  our  grace  by  afflictions  66,  125  :   of  our    he 
26,  l<9 

Triumph  for  salvation  18  :  and  safety  of  the  church  in 
national  desolations  46:   at  the  last  day  U9. 

Troubles.     See  A     xtions.  Temptations. 

Trust  in  the  creatures  vain  6J,  i46. 

Truth  grace  and  protection  57,  145,  146.  See  God; 
Faithfulness,  Tumult,  deliverance  from    118. 

U 

UX  BELIEF  and  envy  cured  37  :  punished  95. 
Unchangeable  God  89,    111. 

V 
ANITY  of  man  as  mortal  39,  89,  144  :  of  life  anil 
iches  49. 

Vengeance  and  compassion  68  :  against  the  enemies 
of  the  churcn  76   149 

Victory  hoped  and  prayed  for  20  :  over  temptations  &, 


44  INDEX. 


18,  144  :  over  temporal  enemies  18  :  and  deliverance  from 
persecution  53.  Vineyard  of  God  wasted  80. 

Vows  paid  in  the  church  116  :  of  holiness  l!q,  xvthfiart. 
W 

WAITING  for  pardon   and   direction   25  :  for   an- 
swer to  prayer  85,  I3O,  M3. 

War  prayer  in  time   of  20  :  disappointments   therein 
60:  victory  18  :  spiritual  18,  144. 

Warnings  of  God  to  his  people  81. 

Watchjulness  )g,  l4l :  over  the  tongue  Sg. 

Weather  65,  107,  135,  147,  148. 

Wicked.     See  Sinner,  Saint. 

Wickedness  of  man  14,  36,  51. 

Wind.     See  Providences,  Seasons,  Storra. 

Winter  and  Summer  14 ft 

Wisdom  and  equity  oi'  Providence  9  :  of  God  in  his 
WorRs   111. 

Word  of  God.     See  Scripture. 

Works  of  creation  and  providence  104,  147,  148:  and 
grace  19,33,  m>  ^35*  ^3^  :  good  works  profit  men,  not 
God  xv  i. 

World's  hatred,  and  saints  patience  37. 

Worship,  and  order  of  the  gospel  48  :  delight  in  it  84  : 
with  reverence  Ixxxix,  xcix:  daily  55,  I34,  141 :  in  a  fam- 
ily 133  :  public  Ixiii,  84,  122,  I32  :  absence  from  42,  lxiii. 

Wrath  and  mercy  from  the  judgment  seat  ix.  See 
Tiiore  in  God,  Punishment,  Sinner,  Vengeance, 

Z 

T^EAL  and  prudence  xxxix. 

^  Zion,  its  citizens  \5.     See  Church. 


THE 

PSALMS  OF  DAVID, 

IMITATED    IN    THE    LANGUAGE    OP    THE 

I3eto  Cegtament 


PSALM  I.     C.  M.  (#) 

The   Way  and  End  of  the  Righteous  and  the    Wicked, 
1    IDLEST  is  the  man,  who  shuns  the  place, 
.£3     Where  sinners  love  to  meet  ; 
Who  fears  to  tread  their  wicked  ways, 
And  hates  the  scoffer's  scat  : 
S  But  in  the  statutes  of  the  Lord 
Has  placed  his  chief  delight  ; 
By   day  he  reads,  or  hears  the  word, 
And  meditates   by  night. 

3  (He,  like  a  plant  of  generous  kind, 

By  living  waters  set, 
Safe  from  the  storms  and  blasting  wind 
Enjoys  a  peaceful    state.) 

4  Green  as  the  leaf  and  ever  fair 

Shall  his  profession  shine  ; 

While  fruits  of  holiness  appear, 

Like  clusters  on  the  vine. 

-5  Not  so  the  impious  and  unjust  ; 
What  vain  designs  they  form  ! 
Their  hopes  are  blown  away,  like  dust, 
Or  chaff  before  the  storm. 

5  Sinners  in  judgment  shall  not  stand 

Amongst  the  sons  of  grace, 
When  Christ  the  Judge  at  his  right  hand 
Appoints  his  saints  a  place. 
7  His  eye  beholds  the  path  they  tread  ; 
His  heart  approves  it  well  ; 
But  crooked  ways  of  sinners  lead 
Down  to  the  gates  of  hell. 
C 


26  PSALM     I- 


PSALM  I.     S.  M.  (;&) 

The  Saint  hafifiyy  the  Sinner  miserable. 

I  rTTHE  map  is  eve?  blest, 

JL      Who  shuns  the  sinners*  ways, 

Amongst  their  councils  never  stands, 

Nor  takes  the  scorner's  place  ; 

-2  But  makes  the  law  of  God 

His  study  and  delight, 
Amidst  the    labours  of   the  day 
And  watches  of  the  night. 

o  He,  like  a  tree,  shall  thrive, 
With  waters  near  the  root  ; 
Fresh  as  the  ieaf  his  name  shall  live  ; 
His  works  are  Keavcnly  fruit, 

4  Not  so  th*  ungodly  race  ; 

They  no  such  blessings  5vr}  ; 
Their  hopes  shall  flee,  like  empfy  craft, 
Before  the  driving  wind. 

5  How  will  they  bear  to  stand, 

Before  that  judgment  seat, 
YV>.ere  all  the  saints  at  Christ's  right  IwmiJ 
In  full  assembly  meet  ? 

6  He  knows,  and  he  approves 

The  way  the  righteous  go  ; 
Eut  sinners  and  their  works  shall  meet 
A  dreadful  overthrow. 


PSALM  I.     L.  M.  (#) 

The   "Difference  between  the  RighteGV^  and  'he   Wickel 

1  T  T  AFPY  the  man,  whose  cautious  feet 
£JL   Shun  the  broad  way,  which  sinners  go, 
Who  hates  the  place  where  atheist: 

And  fears  to  talk  as  sccfTern  do. 

2  He  loves  t*  employ  his  morning  light 
Amongst  the  statutes  of  the  Lcrd  ; 
And  spends  the  wakeful  hours  of  night 
"With  pleasure,  pondYir^  o'er  his  word, 

S  He,  like  a  plant  by  gentle  streams, 
Shall  Sourish  in  immortal  green  ; 


PSALM    II.  2? 


And  heaven  will  shine  with  kindest  Wmis 
On  cv'ry  work  his  hands  k.gin. 

4  But  sinners  find  their  counsels  crossed  j 
As  chaff  before  the  tempest  fiies,  • 
So  shall  their  hopes  be  blown  and  lost, 
When  the  last  trumpet  shakes  the  skies. 

£  In  va;n  the  rebel  seeks  fc 

In  judgment  with  the  piou-s  race  ; 

The  dreadful  Judge,  with  stern  command* 

Divides  him  to  a  different  place. 

6  "  Straighc  is  the  way  my  saints  have  trod  ; 
"  I  bless'd  the  path,  and  ckew  it  plain  3 
"  But  you  would  choose  the  crooked  rcad> 
*'  And  down  it  leads  to  endless  pain. 


PSALM  II.     S.  M.  (fc) 

Translated  according  to  the  divine  Pattern. 
Acis  iv,  24.  &c. 

Christ  dying,  risingy  interceding^  and  reigning, 

I  (Tl^TAKER  and  sov'reign  Lord 

lYJL     Of  heaven,  and  earth,  and  80*3, 
Thy  providence  confirms  thy  word, 
And  answers  thy  decrees, 

*  The  things  so  long  foretold 
By   David  are   fulfill'd, 
When  Jews  aad  Gentiles  join  to  slay 
Jesus,   thine  holy   child.) 

3  Why  did  the  Gentiles   rage, 

And  Jews  with  one  accord 
Bend   all  their  counsels  to  destroy 
Th*   anointed  of  the   Lord  I 

4  Rulers  and  king9  agree 

To  form  a  vain  design  ; 
Against   the  Lord  their  powers  unitsp 
Against  4ttsr  Christ  they  join. 

5  The   Lord   derides   their    rage, 

And  will  support  his  throne  ; 


S8  PSALM  II. 


He,  who  hath   raised  him  from  the  dead, 
Hath  own'd  him  for  his  Son, 

PAUSE. 

6  Now  he's  ascended   high, 

And   asks  to   rule   the    earth  ; 
The   merit  of  his  blood  he  pleads. 
And   pleads   his   heavenly  birth. 

7  He  asks,   and   God   bestows 

A    large    inheritance   ; 
Far  as  the   world's  remotest  ends 
His  kingdom  shall  advance. 

8  The   nations,  that   rebel, 

Must  feel   his  iron  rod  ; 
He'll   vindicate  those  honours  well, 
Which  he  received  from  God. 

9  (Be  wise,   ye   rulers,  now, 

And    worship  at   his   throne  ; 
With   trembling  joy,  ye  people,  bow 
To  God's  exalted  Son. 

10  If  once   his  wrath   arise, 

Ye    perish   on   the  place  ; 
Then  blessed  is  the  soul,  that  fiies 
For  refuge  to  his  grace.) 


PSALM  II.     CM.  (b) 

WHY  did  the  nations  join  to  slay 
The  Lord's  anointed  Son  ? 
Why  did  they  cast  his  laws  away, 
And  tread  his  gospel  down  ? 

The  Lord,  who  sits  above  the  skies, 

Derides  their  rage  below  ; 
He  speaks  with  vengeance  in  his  eyes>  • 

And  strikes  their  spirits  through. 

"  I  call  him  my  eternal   Son, 

44  \nd  raise  him  from  the  dead  ; 
K  I  make  my  holy  hill  his  throne, 

14  And  wide  his  kingdom  spread* 


PSALM    II.  29 


4  «  Ask  me,  my  Son,  and  then  enjoy 

"  The  utmost  heathen  lands  : 
«  Thy  rod  of  iron  shall  destroy 
«  The  rebel,  who    withstands." 

5  Be  wise,  ye  rulers  of  the  earth, 

Obey  th'  anointed  Lord, 
Adore  the  King  of  heavenly  birth, 
And  tremble  at  his  word. 

€  With  humble  love  address  his  throne- 1: 
For,  if  he  frown,  ye  die  : 
Those  are  secure,  and. those  alone, 
Who  on  his  jrrac;:  rely. 


PSALM  II.    L.  M.  ( fc.} 

ChristU  Deaths  Returrection,  and  Jscetision. 

V  V     The  Romans,  why  their  swords  employ  I 
Against  the  Lord  their  powers  engage, 
His  dear  Anointed  to  destroy  ? 

2  «  Come,  let  us  break  his  bands,"  they  say. 
"  This  man  shall  never  give  us  laws :" 
And  thus  they  cast  his  yoke  away, 

And  nail'd  their  Monarch  to  the  cross. 

3  But  God,  who  high  in  glory  reigns, 
Laughs  at  their  pride,  their  rage  controls  s 
He'll  vex  their  hearts  with  inward  pains, 
And  speak  in  thunder  to  their  souls, 

4  "  I  will  maintain  the  King  I  made, 
"  On  Zion's  everlasting  hill  ; 

«  My  hand  shall  br.ng  him  from  the  dead, 
"  And  he  shall  stand  your  Sov'rcign  still," 

5  (His  wond'rouis  rising  from  the  earih 
Makes  his  eternal  Godhead  known  ; 
The  Lord  declares  his  heavenly  birth, 
"  This  day  hare  I  begot  my  Son. 

6  "  Ascend,  my  Son,  to  my  right  hand  5 
£  There  thou  shalt  a»k,  and  1  bestow 
C2 


3#  PSALM    III. 


"  The  utmost  bounds  of  heathen  land  ; 
"  To  thee  the  northern  isles  shall  bow.") 

7  But  nations,  that  resist  his  grace, 
Shall  fall  beneath  his  iron  stroke  : 
His  rod  shall  crush  his  foes  with  ease, 
As  potters'  earthen  ware  is  broke. 

PAUSE. 

6  Now  ye,  who  sit  on  earthly  thrones, 
Be  wise,  and  serve  the  Lord,  the  Lamb  , 
Now  at  his  feet  submit  your  crowns* 
Rejoice  and  tremble  at   his  name. 

9  With  humble  love  address  the  Son, 
Lest  he  grow  angry,  and  ye  die  : 
His  wrath   will  burn  to  worlds  unknown. 
If  ye  provoke  his  jealousy. 

10  His  storms  shall  drive  you  quick  to  hell  ! 
He   is  a  God,  and  ye  but  dust  : 
Happy  the  souls  that  know  him  well, 
And  make  his  grace  their  only  trust. 


PSALM  HI.     C.  M.  (b) 

Doubts    and    Fears    sufifn  essed ;    or,    God    our  Defence 
from  Sin  and  Satan. 

i   TV^Y  God,  how  many  are  my  fears  ! 
*■▼■*     How  fast  my  foes  increase  ! 
Conspiring  my  eternal  death, 
They  break  my  present  peace. 

2     The  lying  tempter  would  persuade 
There's  no  relief  in   heaven  ; 
And  all  my    swelling   sins  appear 
Too  big  to  be  forgiven. 

3  But  thou,  my  glory  and  my  strength, 
Shalt  on  the  tempter  tread, 
Shalt  silence  all  my   threatening  guilt* 
And   raise  my  drooping  head. 

*  (I  cry'd,  and  from  his  holy  hill 
He  bow'd  a  lisi'ning  ear  j 


PSALM    III.  31 


I  call'd  my  Father  and  my  God, 
And  he  subdued  my  fear. 

5  He  shed  soft  slumbers  on  mine  eyes, 
In   spite  of  all   my  foes  ; 
I  'woke,  and  wonder' d  at  the  grace, 
Which   guarded  my  repose.) 

$  What  though  the  hosts  of  death  and  hell 
All  arm'd  against  me  stood  ! 
Terrours  no  more  shall   shake  my  soul  ; 
My   refuge  is   my   God. 

7  Arise,  O   Lord,  fulfil   thy   grace, 

While   I  thy  glory  sing  : 
My  God  has  broke  the  serpent's  teeth, 
And  death   has   lost  his  sting. 

8  Salvation  to  the  Lord  belongs  ; 

His  arm  alone  can   save   : 
Blessings  attend   thy  people   here, 
And  reach  beyond  the  grave. 


PSALM  111.     L.  M.  ((,) 

Vcr.   I — 5,  8.     A  Morning  Psnlm. 

j    X"X   LORD,  how  many  are  my  foes, 

\J   In  this  weak  state  of  flesh  and  blood  I 
My  peace  they  daily  discompose, 
But  my  defence  and  hope   is  God. 

2  Tired  with  the  burJens  of  the  day, 
To  thee  I   rais'd   an  evening  cry  ; 
Thou  heard'st  when  I  began  to  pray, 
And  thine  aim  ghty  help  was  nigh. 

5  Supported  by   thine   heavenly   aid, 
I   laid  me  down   and   slept  secure  : 
Not  death  should  im»ke  my  heart  afraid, 
Though  I  should  wake  and  rise  no   more. 

4  But   God  sustain'd   me  all  the  night  ; 
Solvation  doth  to  God  belong  ; 
He    raisM    my   head   to  see   the  light, 
And  makes  his  praise  my  morning  »ong. 


PSALM    TV. 


PSALM  IV.     JL,  M.  (  J, ) 

Ver.   1,  2,  3,  5,  6,  T.     Hearing  of  Prayer  $   or:  Go*  our 
Portion,  and  Christ  our  Hofie. 

1  f~\  GOD  of  grace  and  righteousness, 
\*J  Hear  and  attend  when  I  complain  | 
Thou  hast  enlarged  me   in  distress,. 
Bow  down  a  gracious  ear  again, 

3  Ye  sons  of  men,  in  vain  ye  try- 
To  turn  my  glory  into  shame  ; 
How  long  will  scoffers  love  to  lie, 

And  dare  reproach  my  Saviour's  name  I 

5  Know  that  the  Lord  divides  his  saints 
From  all  the  tribes  of  men  beside  i 
He    hears  the  cry  of  penitents 
For  the  dear  sake  of  Christ,  who  died, 

4  When  our  obedient  hands  have  done 
A   thousand  works  cf  iighteousness3 
We  put  our  trust   in  Godalone, 
And  glory  in  his  pard'ning   grace* 

5  Let  the  unthinking  many  say, 
Who  vjjlt  bestow  some  earthly  good  7 
But,  Lovd,  thy  light  and  love  we  pray  i 
Our  souls  desire  this  heavenly  food. 

«§  Then  shall  my  cheerful  powers  rejoice 
At  grace  and  favour  so  divine  ; 
Nor  will  I  change  my  happy  choice 
For  ali  their  corn  and  all  their  winet 


PSALM  IV.     C.  M.  (b) 

Ver.  3,  4,  5,  8.     An  Evening  Psalm. 

1  T   ORD,  thou  wilt  hear  me  when  I  pray  ; 
J^ir    I  am  lorever  thine  ; 

1  fear  before  thee  all  the  day, 
Nor  would  I  d*re  to  sin. 

2  And  while  I  rest  my  weary  head, 

^  From  cares  and  bus  utss  free, 
*Tis  sweet  conversing  on  my  bed 
With  my  own  heart  and  thee. 


PSALM   V,  35 


3  I  pay  this  evening  sacrifice  ; 

And  when   my  work  is  done, 
Great  God,  my  faith  and  hope  relies 
Upon  thy  grace  alone. 

4  Thus  with   my  thoughts  composed  to  peace, 

I'll   give  mine  eyes  to  sleep  ;  - 
Thy   hand  in    safety  keeps  my  days. 
And    will  my   slumbers  ketp. 


PSALM  V.     C.  M.  (*J 

For  the  Lord's -Day  Morning. 

\    Y    ORD,  in  the  morning  thou  shalt  hear 
JL-rf     My  voice  ascending  high  ; 
To  thee  will  I  direct  my  prayer, 
To  thee  lift  up  mine  eye— 

2  Up  to  the  hills,  where  Christ  is  gone? 
To  plead  for  all  his  saints, 
Presenting  at  his  Father's  throne 
Our  songs  and  our  complaints. 

J  Thou  art   a  God,  before  whose  sight 

The  wicked  shall  not  stand  ; 

Sinners  shall  ne'er  be    thy  delight, 

Nor  dwell  at  thy   right   hand. 

4  But   to  thy  house   will    I  resort 

To  taste  thy  mercies  there  : 
I  will  frequent  thine    holy    court; 
And  worship  in   thy    fear. 

5  O,  may  thy    Spirit  gu'<de  my  feet 

In  ways  of  righteousness  ; 
Make  ev'ry  path    of  duty  straight, 
And  plain  before  my  face. 

PAUSE. 

6  My  watchful  enemies   combine 

To  tempt  my   feet  astray  ; 

They  flatter  with   a   base  design 

To  make  my  soul  their  prey, 

7  Lord,  crush  the  serpent  in  the  dust, 

And  all  his  plots  destroy  ; 


54  PSALM  VI. 


While  those,  who  in  thy  irarcy  trusc* 
Forever  shout  for  joy. 

§  The  men,  who  love  and  fear  thy  name* 
Shall  see  thy  hopes  fulnll'd  ; 
The   mighty  God  will  compass  them 
With  favour,  as  a  shield. 


JI 


PSALM  VI.     C.  M.  Cl>} 

Comfilaint  irv  Sickness  $  or  Disease*  healed* 

X  anger,  Lord,  rebuke  me  not, 
Withdraw  the  dreadful  storm  ; 
Nor  let  thy  fury  grow  so  hot 
Against  a  feeble  worm. 

t  My  soul's  buw'd  down  with  heavy  cares* 
My   flesh  with   pain  oppress'd  ; 
My  couch  is  witness  to  my  tears ; 
My   tears  forbid  my  rest, 

3  Sorrow  and  pain  wear  out  my  drys  ; 

I  waste  the  night  with  cries, 
Counting  the   minutes  as   they  pass, 
Till  the   slow   morning  rise. 

4  Shall  I   be  still  tormented  more  ? 

Mine  eyes  consumed  with  griei  f 
How  long  my  God,   how  long  before 
Thy  hand  affords  relief  ? 

5  He  hears  when  dust  and  ashes  speak  j 

He  pities  all  our  groans  ; 
He  saves  us  ior  his  mercy's  sake* 
And    heals  our  broken   bones. 

6  The  virtue   of  bis  sovereign  word 

Restores  our  fainting  breath  ; 
But  silent  graves  praise  not  the  Lord, 
Nor  is  he   known  in  death. 

PSALM  VI.     L    M.  (b) 

Tcmfita-tiow  in  Sickness  overcome.     „ 
S  T   ORD,  I  can  suffer  thy  rebukes 
"  When  thou  with  kindnsss  dost  chastise  -r 


PSALM    VT,  VIL  35 


1  But  thy   fierce  wrath   I  cannot  bear ; 
O   let  it  not  against   me  rise  ! 

2  Pity    my   languishing   estate, 

And  ease  the  sorrows,   -which   I   feel  *, 
The  wounds  thine  heavy  hand  hath  made? 
O  let  thy  gentler  touches  heal  5 

3  See  how   I  pass  «iy  weary   days 

In  sighs  and   groan*  ;  and   when  'tis  night, 

My  bed   is  water'd   v/:th   my  tears  ; 

My  grief  consumes   and  dims  my  sight. 

4  Look  hu\v  the  powers  of  nature  mourn  ! 
How   long,  almighty    God,    how    long  ? 
When  shall   thine    hcur  of  gtace    return  ? 
When  shall  I  make  thy  grace  my  song  ? 

$  I    feel  my  flesh  so  near  the  grave, 
My    thoughts  are  tempted  to  despair  : 
But  graves  can    never  praise  the  Lord, 
For  all   is  dust  and   silence  there. 

€  Depart,  ye  tempters,  from  my  soul  ; 
And    all   despairing  thoughts  depart  : 
My    God,  who    hears  my    humble   moan, 
Will  ease    my  flesh,  and   cheer   my   heart. 


PSALM  VII.     C.  M.  (b) 

Cod's  Care  of  Ms  Pevfite,  and  Punishment  rf  Persecutors, 

1  "TV /f  Y   trust  is  in  my    heavenly  Friend, 
•*•*-*•     My    hope   in    thee,    my   God  ; 
Rise,   &nd    rny  helpless   life   defend 

From  those,  who   &eek  my   blood. 

2  With   insolence   and  fury  they 

My   soul   in   pieces  tear, 
As   hungry   lions  rend  the  prey, 
When    no   deliverer's  near. 

5  If  I    have    trer   provoked    them  &'st, 

Or    once    abused  my  foe. 
Then   let  him   tread  m>   life   to  dust? 

And    lay    mine  honour  low* 
4  If  tfcere  be  malice  hid  in  me, 

I   know  thy  piercing  eyes  ; 


36  PSALM    VIII. 


I  should   not  dare   appeal  to   thee, 
Nor  ask  my  God  to  rise. 

5  Arise,  my  God,  lift  up  thy  hand, 
Their  pride   and  power  control  ; 
Awake   to  judgment,   and  command 
Defov'rance  for  my   soul. 

PAUSE. 

€  (Let  sinners  and  their  wicked   rage 
Be   humbled   to  the  dust : 
Shall  not  the  God  of  truth  engage 
To   vindicate  the  just  ? 

7  He  knows  the  heart,  he  tries   the  reins, 
He   will  defend   th*   upright  : 
His   sharpest  arrows    he  ordains 
Against  the  sons  of  spite. 

S  For  me  their  malice  digg'd  a  pit, 
But  there   themselves  are  cast  ; 
My  God  makes  all  their  mischief  light 
On  their  own  heads  at  last.) 

9  That  cruel,  persecuting  race 

Musi   feel  his    dreadful   sword  ; 
Awake,  my  soul,  and  praise  the  grace 
And  justice  of  the   Lord. 


PSALM  VIII.     S.  M.  (*) 

God's   Sovereignty  and  Goodness^    and   Man'a    Dominion 
over  the  Creatures, 

1  /"\  LORD,  our  heavenly  King, 
Vy     Thy   name   is  all  divine  ; 

Thy   glories  round  the  earth   are  spread, 
And  o'er  the  heavens  they  shine, 

2  When  to   thy   works  on  high 

I  raise  my  wond'ring  eyes, 
And  see   the  moon  complete  in  light- 
Adorn  the   darksome   skies  ; 

3  When  I  survey  the   stars, 

And  all  their  shining   forms, 


PSALM  VIII.  37 


Lord,   what  is   man,    that  worthless   thing, 
Akin   to  dust  and   worms   1 

4  Lord,   what  is  worthless  man, 

That   thou   should'st   love    him   so  1 
Next   to  thine  angels    is    he    placed, 
And    lord   of  all   below. 

5  Thine   honours  crown   his   head, 

While   beasts,  like    slaves,    obey, 
And  birds,  that  cut  the   air  with    wings, 
And   fish,   that   cleave   the    sea. 

*6  How  rich    thy   bounties    are  ! 

And   wond'rous   are    thy    ways  : 
Of  dust  and   worms   thy  power  can   frame 
A    monument  of  praise. 

•7  (Out    of  the   mouths  of  babes 

And   sucklings   thou  canst   draw 
Surprising  honours  to  thy  name, 
And  strike   the   world  with   awe. 

8  O  Lord,  our    heavenly  King, 
Thy  name   is  all    divine  ; 
Thy    glories  round    the    earth    are   spread, 
And  o'er  the    heavens  they   shine.) 


PSALM  VIII.     C.  M.  (k) 

Chrises  Condescension  and  Glorification  ;  or,  God  mad* 
Man. 


1  f~\  LORD,  our  Lord,  how  wond'rous  gr 
^     Is   thine  exalted   name  ! 
The   glories   of  thy   heavenly   state 

Let   men   and  babes   proclaim. 

2  When   I  behold  thy  works  *>n   high. 

The    moon,   which   rules   the    nighty 
And  stars,  that   well  adorn   the   sky, 
Those    moving  worlds    of   light  : 

■3  Lord,  what  is    man,  or    all    his  race, 
Who   dwells  so   far  below, 
That  thou   should'st  visit   him  with    grace, 
And   love    his  nature  so  I 
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38  PSALM    VIII. 


4  That  thine    eternal  Son    should   bear 

To    take    a  mortal    form, 
Made   lower   than    his   angels  are, 
To    save    a  dying   worm  ! 

5  (Yet,   while   he  livc-d   on   earth   unknown, 

And   men   would  not   adore, 
Th'  obedient   seas    and   fishes   own 
His   Godhead    and    his    power. 

6  The  waves    lay    spread  beneath    his   feet, 

And  fish,   at    his    command, 
Bring   their   large    shoals   to   Peter's   net, 
And    tribute    to   his  hand. 

7  These   lesser  glories   of  the   Son 

Shone    through  the   fleshly    cloud   ; 
Now   we    behold    him    on    his    throne, 
And    men   confess    him    God.) 

8  Let   him    be    crown'd  with    majesty 

Who  bow'd   his    head    to    death  ; 

And   be  his   honours   sounded    high, 

By    all   things,    that    have    breath. 

9  Jesus,  our   Lord,    how    wond'rous   great 

Is  thine   exalted  name  ; 
The    glories    of  thy   heavenly    state 
Let   the    whole    earth    proclaim. 


PSALM  VIII.     1st  Part.     L.  M.  {  x) 

Ver.   i,  2,  Paraphrased. 
The  llosanna  of  the  Children  ;  or.  Infants  frr.'.ieittg  God, 

1  \   LMIGHTY  Ruler  of  the  skies, 

jfi  Through  the  wide  earth  thy  name  is  spread  ; 

And  thine  eternal  glories  rise 

O'er  all  the  heavens  thy  (hands  have  made. 

2  To  thee  the  voices  of  the  young 
A  monument  of  honour  raise  ; 

And  babes,  with  unmstructecl  tongue, 
Declare  the  wonders  of  thy  praise. 

3  Thy  power   arsie.ts  their  tender  age 
To  bring  proud  rebels  to  the  ground  ; 
To  still  the  bold  blasphemer's  rage, 
And  all  their  policies  confound. 


PSALM    VIII,     IX.  39 


4  Children  amidst  thy  temple  throng 
To  see  their  great  Redeemers  face  ; 
The  Son  of  David  is  their  song, 
And  young  hosannas  fill  the  place. 

5  The  frowning  scribes  and  angry  priests 
In  vain  their  impious  cavils  bring  ; 
Revenge  sits  silent  in  their  breasts, 
While  Jewish  babes  proclaim  their  King. 


PSALM  VIII.     2d  Part.     L.  M.  (  b  ) 

Ver.   3,  &x.  Paraphrased. 
Adam  and  Christy  Lords  of  the  old  and  new  Creation, 

\    '  '    ORD,  what  was  man  when  made  at  first  ! 
1  J  Adam,  the   offspring  of  the  dust  ! 
That  thou  should'st  set  him  and  his  race 
But  just  lielow  an  angel's  place  ! 

2  That  thou  should'st  raise  his  nature  so, 
And  make  him  lord  of  all  below  ; 
Make  every  beast  and  bird  submit, 
And  lay  the  fishes  at  his  feet  ! 

3  But  O  !  what  brighter  glories  wait 
To  crown  the  Second  Adam's  state  ! 
What  honours  shall  thy  Son  adorn, 
Who  condescended  to  be  born  ! 

4  See  him  below  his  angels  made  ! 
See  him  in  dust  among  the  dead, 
To  save  a  ruin'd  world  from  sin  i 
But  he  shall  reign  with  power  divine  ! 

5  The  world  to  come,  redeem'd  from  all 
The  mis'nes,  which  attend  the  fall, 
New  made,  and  glorious,  shall  submit 
At  our  exalted  Saviour's   feet. 


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PSALM  IX.      1st  Part.     C.  M.         (*) 

Wrath  and  Mercy  from  the  Judgment  Seat. 

ITH  my  whole  heart  I'll  raise  my  song, 
Thy  wonders  I'll  proclaim  ; 


40  PSALM  IX. 


Thou,  Sovereign    Judge,  of  right  and  wrong,. 
Wilt  put  my  foes  to  shame. 

3  I'll  s'ng  thy  majesty  and  grace  ; 
My  God  prepares  his  throne 
To  judge  the  world  in  righteou&ness* 
And  make  his  vengeance  known. 

3  Then  shall  the  Lord  a  refuge  prove 

For  all  the  poor  oppress'd  ; 
To  save  the  people  of  his  love, 
And  give  the  weary  rest.. 

4  The  men,  who  know  thy  name,  will  trust 

In  thy  abundant  grace  ; 
For  thou  hast  ne'er  forsook  the  just, 
Who  humbly  sought  thy  face. 

5  Sing  praises  to  the  righteous  Lord, 

Who  dweVls  on  Zion's  hill, 
Who  executes  his  threat'ning  word, 
And  doth  his  grace   fulfil. 


PSALM  IX.     2d  Part.     C.  M.  (b) 

Ver.   12.     The   Wisdom  and  Equity  of  Providence. 

IEN  the  great  Judge,  supreme  and  just. 
Shall  once  inquire  for  blood, 
The  humble  souls,  who  mourn  in  dust, 
Shall  find  a  faithful  God. 

2  He  from  the  dreadful  gates  of  death 
Does  his  own  children  raise  : 
In  Z;on's  gates,  with  cheerful  breath, 
They  sing  their  Father's  praise. 

S  His  foes  shall  fall,  with  heedless  feet, 
Into  the  pit  they  made  ; 
And  sinners  perish  in  the  net, 

Which  their  own  hands  have  spread, 

4  Thus  by  thy  judgments,  mighty   God, 
Are  thy  deep  counsels  known  ; 
When   men  of  mischief  are  destroy'd,. 
The  snare  must  be  their  pwn. 


PSALM   X.  41 


PAUSE. 

>  The  wicked  shall  sink  down  to  hell, 
Thy   wrath  devour  the  lands, 
That  dare  forget  thee,  or  rebel 
Against  thy  known  commands. 

6  Though  saints  to  sore  distress  are  brought, 

And  wait,  and  long  complain,. 

Their  cries  shall  never  be  forgot, 

Nor  shall  their  hopes  be  vain. 

7  (Rise,  great  Redeemer,  from  thy  seat, 

To  judge  and  save  the   poor  ; 
Let  nations  tremble  at  thy  feet, 
And  man  prevail  no  more. 

8  Thy  thunder  shall  affright  the  proud, 

And  put  their  hearts  to  pain  ; 
Make  them  confess  that  thou  art  God, 
And  they  but  feeble  men. 


PSALM  X.     C.  M.  (  b ) 

Prayers    heard)    and    Saints  saved  ;    or.    Pride,  Atheisw.r 
and    Oppression   punished. 

For    a  Humiliation  Day. 

1  1I7HY  doth  the  Lord  stand  off  so  far  ? 

W       And  why  conceal  his  face, 
When  great  calamities  appear, 
And  times   of  deep  distress  I 

2  Lord,  shall  the  wicked  st'll  deride 

Thy  justice  and  thy  power  ? 
Shall  they  advance  their  heads  in  pride, 
And  still  thy  saints  devour  ? 

3  They  put  thy  judgments  from  their  sight,, 

And  then  insult  the  poor, 
They  boast  in  their  exalted  height, 
That  they  shall  fall  no  more. 

4  Arise,  O  God,  lift  np  thine  hand  j 

Attend  our  humble  cry  ; 
D  2 


&  PSALM  XI. 


No  enemy  shall  dare  to  stand 
When  God  ascends  on  high. 

PAUSE. 

5  Why  do  the  men  of  malice  rage, 

And  say,  with  foolish  pride, 
"  The  God  of  heaven  will  ne'er  engage 
"  To  fight  on  Zion's  side  I" 

6  But  thou  forever  art  our  Lord  ; 

And  powerful  is  thine  hand, 
As  when  the  heathens  felt  thy  sword, 
And  perish'd  from  thy  land. 

7  Thou  wilt  prepare  our  hearts  to  pray, 

And  cause  thine  ears  to  hear  ; 
Harken  to  what  thy  children  say, 
And  put  the  world   in   fear. 

8  Proud  tyrants  shall  no  more  oppress  ; 

No  more  desp;se  the  just  ; 
And  mighty  sinners  shall  confess 
They  are  but  earth  and  dust. 

PSALM  XI,     L.  M.  (&) 

God  loves   the  Righteous,  and  hates  the   Wicked, 

1  T\ /TY  refuge  is  the  God  of  love  ; 
JVJL   Why  do  my  foes  insult  and  cry, 
"Fly  like  a  tim'rous,  trembling   dove, 

"  To  distant  woods  and  mountains  fly  ?" 

2  If  government  be  all  destroy'd, 
(That  firm  foundation  of  our  peace) 
And  violence  make  justice  void, 
Where  shall  the  righteous  seek  redress  ? 

g  The  Lord  in  heaven  has  fix'd  his  throne  ; 
His  eyes  survey  the  world  below  ; 
To  him  all  mortal  things  are  known  ; 
His  eye-lids  search  our  spirts  through. 

4  If  he  afflicts  his  saints  so  far, 

To  prove  their  love  and  try  their  grace, 
What  may  the  bold  transgressors  fear  ? 
His  very  soul  abhors  their  ways. 


PSALM  XII.  U 


5  On  impious  wretches  he  shall  rain 
Tempests  of  brimstone,  fire  and  death, 
Such  as  he  kindled  on  the  plain 

Of  Sodom,  with  his  angry  breath. 

6  The  righteous  Lord  loves  righteous  souls. 
Whose  thoughts  and  actions  are  sincere  ; 
And  with  a  gracious  eye  beholds 

The  men,    who  his  own  image  bear. 


PSALM  XII.      L.  M.  (  b ) 

The   Saints'   Safely  and  Hofie  in  evil  Times  ;    or,  Sins  of 
the  Tongue  com/ilained  of  viz.  Blasfihany^  Falshood:&c. 

1  "TT   ORD,  if  thou  dost  not    soon    appear 
■M-4  Virtue  and  truth   will  fly  away  : 

A  faithful  man  among  us  nere 
Will  scarce  be  found,  if  thou  delay. 

2  The  whole  discourse,  when  neighbours  meet, 
Is  fill'd  with  trifles  loose  and  vain  ; 

Their  lips  are  flatt'ry  and  deceit, 
And  their  proud  language  is  profane. 

3  But  lips,  that  with   deceit  abound, 
Shall  not  maintain  their  triumph  long  : 
The  God  of  vengeance  will  confound 
The  Maturing  and  blaspheming  tongue. 

4  "  Yet  shall  our  words  be  free."  they  cry, 

"  Our  tongues  shall  be  controll'd  by  none  : 
"  Where  is  the  Lord  will  ask  us  why  ? 
"  Or  say  our  lips  are  not  our  own  V 

5  The  Lord,  who  sees  the  poor  oppressed, 
And  hears  th'  oppressor's  haughty  strain, 
Will  rise  to  give  his  children  rest. 

Nor  shall  they  trust  his  word  in  vain. 

6  Thy  word,  O  Lord,  though  often  try'd, 
Void  of  deceit  shall  still  appear; 

Not  silver,  seven  times  purify *d 

From  dross  and  mixture,  shines  so  clear. 


44  PSALM     XII. 


7    fhy  grace  shall,  in  the  darkest  hour, 
Dctend  the  holy  soul  from  harm  ; 
Though  when  the  vUest  men  nave  power, 
On  every   side  will  sinners  i>w«rm. 


PSALM  XII.     C.  M.  (  b  ) 

Compl&fnt  of  a  general  Corrufition  of  Maimers  ;     or,   the 
Promises  and  Signs  of   Christ's  coming  to  Judgment, 

1  f  TELP,  Lord,  for  men  of  virtue  fail  ; 
JLl     Religion  loses  ground  I 

The  sons  of  violence  prevail) 
And  treacheries  abound. 

2  Their  oaths  and  promises  they  break). 

Yet  act   the  flatt'rer's  part  ; 
With  fair,  deceitful  lips  they  speak, 
And  with  a  double  heart. 

3  If  we  reprove  some  hateful  lie, 

How  is  thy  fury  stirr'd  ! 
"  Are  not  our  lips  our  own  ?"  they  cvy? 
"  And  who-  shall  be  our  Lord  !" 

4  Scoffers  appear  on  ev'ry  side, 

Where  a  vile  race  of  men 
Is  rais'd  to  seats  of  power  and  pride. 
And  bears  the  sword  in  vain. 

PAUSE. 

5  Lord,  when  iniquities  abound, 

And  blasphemy  grows  bold, 
When  faith  is  hardly  to  be  found, 
And  love  is  waxing  cold  ; 

t  Is  not  thy  chariot  hast'ning  on  ? 
Hast  thou  not  given  the  sign  ? 
May  we  not  trust  and  live  upon 
A  promise  so  divine  ? 

7  "  Yes/'  saith  the  Lord,  "  now  will  I  risev 
"  And  make  oppressors  flee  ; 
"  I  shall  appear  to  their  surprise, 
"  And  set  my  servants  free," 


psalm   xin.  ^ 


3  Thy  word,  like  silver  seven  times  tried, 
Through  ages  shall  endure  : 
The  men,  who  in  thy  truth  confide 
Shall  find  thy  promise  sure. 


PSALM  XIII.     L.  M.  (  b   ) 

F leading  with  God  under  Desertion  ;  or,  Hofie  in  Dark' 

ness. 

1  TTOW    long,  O  Lord,  shall  I  complain, 
jLJl  Like  one,  who  seeks  his  God  in  vain  ? 

Canst  thou  thy  face  forever  hide, 
And  I  still  pray  and  be  deny'd  ? 

2  Shall  I  forever  be  forgot, 

As  one,   whom  thou  regardest  not  ? 
Still  shall  my  soul  thy  absence  mourn, 
And  still  despair  of  thy  return  ? 

3  How  long  shall  my  poor  troubled  breast 
Be  with  these  anxious  thoughts  oppress'd  t 
And  Satan,  my  malicious  foe, 

Rejoice   to  see  me  sink  so  low  ? 

4  Hear,  Lord,  and  grant  me  quick  relief, 
Before  my  death  concludes  my  grief  : 
If  thou  withhold 'st  thy  heavenly  light, 
I  sleep  in  everlasting  night. 

5  How  will  the  powers  of  darkness  boast, 
If  but  one  praying  soul  be  lost  ! 

But  I  have  trusted  in  thy  grace,- 
And  shall  again  behold  thy  face. 

6  Whate'er  my  fears  or  foes  suggest, 
Thou  art  my  hope,  my  joy,  my  rest  ; 
My  heart  shall  feel  thy  love,  and  raise 
My  cheerful  voice  to  songs  of  praise. 


PSALM  XIII.     G.  M.  (  t) 

Comfdaint  under    Temptations  of  the  Devil. 

TTOW   long  wilt  thou  conceal  thy  face  ? 
■*■  -*■      My  God,  how  long  delay  ? 
When  shall  I  feel  those  heavenly  rays, 
That  chase  my  fears  away  ? 


46  PSALM     XIV. 


2  How  long  shall  my  poor  lab'ring  soul 

Wrestle  and  toil  in  vain  ? 
Thy  word  can  all  my  foes  control, 
And  ease  my  raging  pain. 

3  See  how  the  prince  of  darkness  tries 

All  his  malicious  arts  ; 
He  spreads  a  mist  around  my  eyes, 
And  throws  his  fiery  darts. 

4  Be  thou  my  sun,  be  thou  my  shield  ; 

My  soul  in  safety  keep  ; 
Make  haste,  before  mine  eyes  are  seal'd 
In  death's  eternal  sleep. 

5  How   would  the  tempter  boast  aloud, 

li^  I  become  his  prey  ! 
Behold  the  sons  of  hell  grow  proud 
At  thy  so  long  delay  ? 

6  But  they  shall  fly  at  thy  rebuke, 

And  Satan   hide  his  head  ; 
He  knows  the  terrours  of  thy  look, 
And  hears  thy  voice  with  dread. 

7  Thou  wilt  display  that  sovereign  grace, 

Where  all  my  hopes  have  hung  ; 
I  shall  employ  my  lips  in  praise, 
And    vict'ry  shall  be  sung. 


PSALM  XIV.     C.  M.     1st  Part.         (b) 

By  Aature  all  Men  are  Sinners. 

1  T?OOLS  in  their  hearts  believe  and  say, 
JL       That  all  religion's  vain  ; 

"  There  is  no  God,   who  reigns  on  high, 
"  Or  minds  th'  affairs  of  men." 

2  From  thoughts  so  dreadful  and  profane 

Corrupt  discourse  proceeds  ; 
And  in  their  impious  hands  are  found 
Abominable   deeds. 

3  The  Lord,  from  his  celestial  throne, 

Looks  down  on  things  belcw, 


PSALM    XIV,     XV.  4T 


To  find  the  man,  who  seeks  his  grace, 
Or  does  his  justice  know. 

4  By  nature  all  are  gone  astray  ; 

Their  practice  all  the  same  : 
There's  none,  who  fears  his  Maker's  hand, 
There's  none,  who  loves  his  name. 

5  Their  tongues  are  used  to  speak  dtceit  ; 

Their  slanders  never  cease  : 
How  swift  to  mischief  are   their  feet  ! 
Nor  know  the  paths  of  peace. 

6  Such  seeds    of  sin,    that  bitter  root, 

In  every   heart  are  found  ; 
Nor  can  they  bear  diviner  fruit, 
Till  grace  refine  the  ground. 


PSALM  XIV.     2d  Part.     C.  M.         (b) 

The  Folly  of  Persecutors. 

1  4    RE  sinners  now  so  senseless  grown. 
£Y,     That  they  the   saints  devour  ; 
And  never    worship  at  thy  throne, 

Nor  fear  thine  awful  power  ? 

2  Great  God  1    appear  to  their  surprise, 

Reveal  thy  dreadful  name  ! 
Let  them  no  more  thy  wrath  despise, 
Nor  turn  our  hope  to  shame. 

3  Dost  thou  not  dwell  among  the  just  ? 

And   yet  our  foes   deride, 
That  we  should  make  thy  name  our  trust  ; 
Great  God,  confound  their  pride. 

4  O,  that  the  joyful  day   were  come, 

To  finish  our  distress  ! 
When  God  shall  bring  his  children  home, 
Our  songs  shall  never  cease. 


PSALM  XV.     CM.  (  *  ) 

Characters  of  a  Saint  ;  or,  a  Citizen  qfZion;  or,   the  Qual- 
ifications of  a   Christian. 

1  \ft7"HO  shall  inhabit  in  thy   hill, 
VV       O   God   of  holiness  ? 


48  PSALM    XV. 


Whom  will  the  Lord  admit  to  dwell 
So  near  his  throne   of  grace  ? 

2   The  man,  who  walks  in   pious  ways, 
And  works  with   righteous   hands, 

Who  trusts  his  Maker's  promises, 
And  follows  his  commands. 

2  He  speaks    the  meaning  of  his  heart. 
Nor  slanders  with  his  tongue  ; 

Will  scarce   believe  an  ill  report, 
Nor  do  his  neigbour  wrrong. 

4  The  wealthy  sinner   he    contemns, 
Loves  all,  who  fear  the  Lord  ; 

And  though   to  his  own   hurt  he  swears, 
Still  he  performs  his  word. 

5  His   hands  disdain  a  golden   bribe, 
And  never   gripe  the  poor  : 

This  man   shall  dwell  with  God    on  earth, 
An  find   his  heaven   secure. 


PSALM     XV.     L.  M.  (  %  ) 

Religion  and  Justice,  Goodness  and  Truth  ;   or,  Duties   te 
God  and  Alan  ;  or,  the  Qualifications  of  a   Christian. 

■   "O^THO   shall   ascend  thy  heavenly  place, 
v*     Great  God,  and  dwell    before  thy  f«ice  ? 
The  man,  who  minds  religion  now, 
And  humbly  walks  with  God  below : 

.2  Whose  hands  are  pure,  whose  heart  is  clean, 
Whose    lips  still  speak  the  thing  they  mean  ; 
No  slanders  dwell   upon  his  tongue  : 
He  hates  to  do  his  neighbour  wrong. 

3  (Scarce   will  he  trust  an  ill  report, 
Nor  vent  it  to  his  neighbour's  hurt : 
Sinners  of  state  he  can  despise, 
But  saints  are  hcnourd  in  his  eyes. 

*  Firm  to  his  word  he  ever  stood, 

And  always  makes  his  promise  good  ; 
Nor  dares  to  change  the  thing  he  swears 
Whatever  pain  or  loss  he  bears.) 


?SALM    XVI.  49 


5  (  He  never  deals  in  bribing  gold, 

And  mourns  that  justice  should  be  sold  : 
While  others  gripe  and  grind  the  poor, 
Sweet  charity  attends  his    door.  ) 

$  He  loves  his  enemies  and  prays 
For  those  w#ho  curse  him  to  his  face  ; 
And   doth  to  all  men  still  the  same, 
That  he    would  hope  or  wish  from  them. 

7  Yet  when  his  holiest  works  are  done, 
His    soul  depends   on  grace  alone; 
This  is  the  man  thy  face  shall  see, 
And  dwell  forever,  Lord,  with  thee. 


PSALM  XVI.     1st  Part.    L.  M.        (fc>) 

"Confession  of  our   Poverty,  and   Saints  the  best   Comjiany  $ 
or,  good   Works  Jirofit  Men,  not  God. 

1  "OPvESERVE  me,  Lord,  in   time  of  need  ; 
■"■     For   succour  to  thy  throne  I  flee, 

But  have  no  merits  there  to  plead  ; 
My  goodness  cannot  reach  to  thee. 

2  Oft  have  my  heart  and  tongue  confess*d 
How  empty  and  how  poor  I  am  ; 

My  praise  can  never  make  thee  bless'd* 
Nor  add  new  glories  to  thy  name. 

3  Yet,  Lord,  thy  saints  on  earth  may  reap 
Some  profit  by  the  good  we  do  ; 
These  are  the  company  I  keep, 
These  are  the  choicest  friends  I  know. 

4  Let  others  choose  the  sons  of  mirth 
To  give  a  relish  to  their  wine  ; 

I  love  the  men  of  heavenly  birth, 
"Whose  thoughts  and  language  are  divine* 


PSALM  XVI.    2d  Part.     L.  M.         (&or  b) 

Christ's  All- Sufficiency. 

1  TPIOW  fast   their  Suilt  and  sorrows  rise, 
iLiL    Who  haste  to  seek  some  idol  god  I 
I  will  not  taste  their  sacrifice, 
Their  ofPrings  of  forbidden  blood. 
£ 


£0  PSALM    XVI, 

i      i  — — — *i   I    ■  n    in     iiiiii 

2   My  God  provides  a  richer  cup; 
And  nobler  food  to  live  upon  ; 
He  for  my  life  has  offer'd  up 
Jesus,  his  best  beloved  Son. 

£  His  love  is  my   perpet'al  feast ; 
By  day  his  counsels  guide  me  right ; 
And  be  his  name  forever  blest, 
Who  gives  me  sweet  advice  by  night. 

4  I  set  him  still  before  mine  eyes  ; 
At  my  right  hand  be  stands  prepared 
To  Reap  my  soul  from  all  surprise, 
,And  be  my  everlasting  guard. 


PSALM  XVI.     3d  Part.     L.  M.  (.# 

Courage  in  Deaths  and  Hofie  in  the  Resurrection, 

I  "OCTilEN   God  is  nigh,  my  faith  is  strong, 
▼  *     His  arm  is  my  almighty   prop  : 
Be  glad  my  heart,  rejoice  my  tongue, 
My  dying  flesh  shall  rest  in  hope. 

,2  Though  in  the  dust  I  lay  my  head, 
Yet,  gracious  God,  thou  wilt  not  leave 
My  soul  forever  with  the  dead, 
Nor  lose  thy  children  in  the  grave. 

3  My  flesh  shall  thy  first  call  obey, 
Shake  ofTthe  dust  and  rise  on  high  ; 
Then  shait  thou  lead  the  wond'rous  way 
Up  to  thy  throne  above  the  sky. 

4  There  streams  of  endless  pleasure  flow, 
And  full  discoveries  of  thy  grace, 
(Which  we  but  tasted  here  below) 
Spread  heavenly  joys  through  all  the  place. 


PSALM  XVI.     1st  Part.     C.  M.       (*) 

Ver.  I — 8.  Sufifiort  and  Counselfrom  God,  without  Meriff 

1  GAVE  me,  O  Lord,  from  every  foe; 
•^   In   thee  my  trust  I  place, 
Though  aU  the  good  that  I  can  do 
Can  ne'er  deserve  thy  grace- 


PSALM    XVI.  St 

■  '  '  '  ' 

2  Yet,  if  my  God  prolong  my  breath, 

The  saints  may  profit  by't ; 
The  saints,  the  glory  of  the  earth. 

The  men  of  my  delight. 

$  Let  heathens  to  their  idols  haste, 
And  worship  wood  or  stone  ; 
But  my  delightful  lot  is  cast 
Where  the  true  God  is  known. 

4  His  hand  provides  my  constant  food  ; 

He  fills  my  daily  cup  ; 
Much  am  I  pleased  with  present  goo& 
But  more  rejoice  in  hope. 

5  God  is  my  portion  and  my  joy  ; 

His  counsels  are  my  light ; 
He  gives  me  sweet  advice  by  day, 
And  gentle  hints  by  night. 

t  My  soul  would  all  her  thoughts  approve 
To  his  all-seeing  eye  ; 
Not  death,  nor  hell  my  hopes  shall  move, 
While  such  a  friend  is  nigh. 


PSALM  XVI.     2d  Fart.     CM.         (») 

The  Death  and  Resurrection  of  Christ. 

1  «  ft  SET  the  Lord  before  my  face, 

•"•  "  He  bears  my  courage  up  ; 
"  My  heart  and  tongue  their  joys  express, 
"  My  flesh  shall  rest  in  hope. 

2  «  My  spirit,  Lord,  thou  wilt  not  leave 

k-  Where  souls  departed  are  ; 
"  Nor  quit  my  body  to  the  grave, 
u  To  see  corruption  there. 

3  "  Thou  wilt  reveal  the  path  of  life, 

"  And  raise  me  to  thy  throne : 
"Thy  courts  immortal  pleasure  give  ; 
"  Thy  presence,  joys  unknown." 

4,  (Thus,  in  the  name  of  Christ,  the  Lor^ 
The  holy  David  sung, 
And  Providence  fulfils  the  word  «+*«»#> 

Of  his  prophetic  tongue. 


52  PSALM     XVII. 


5  Jesus,  whom  every  saint  adores, 
Was  crucify'd  and  slain  ; 
Behold,  the  tomb  its  prey  restores  I 
Behold,  he  lives  again  ! 
i  When  shall  my  feet  arise  and  stand 
On  heaven's  eternal  hills  ? 
There  sits  the  Son  at  God's  right  hand, 
And  there  the  Father  smiles  ) 


PSALM  XVII.     S.  M.  (») 

Ver.   13,  &c.     Portion  of  Saints  and    Sitmeis  j  or,  Hofxd 
and  Despair  in  Death. 

1     A  RISE,  my  gracious  God, 
■*■»•  And  make  the  wicked  flee  ; 
They  are  but  thy  chastising  rod 
To  drive  thy  saints  to  thee. 

-z  Behold,  the  sinner  dies  ! 

Mis  haughty  words  are  vain  ; 
Here  in  this  life  his  pleasure  lies? 
And  all  beyond  is  pain. 

3  Then  let  his  pride  advance, 

And  boast  of  all  his  store  ; 
The  Lord  is  my  inheritance, 
My  soul  can  wish  no  more-. 

4  I  shall  behold  the  face 

Of  my  forgiving  God  ; 
And  stand  complete   in  righteousness* 
Wash'd  in  my  Saviour's  Wood. 

5  There's  a  new  heaven  begun 

When  I  awake  from  death, 
Dress'd  in  the  likeness  of  thy   Son, 
And  draw  immortal  breath. 


PSALM  XVII.     L.  M.  (*) 

The  Sinner's  Portion  and  the  Saints  Hofie  ;  or,  the  Heaven 
of  tejiarate  Souls,  and  the  Resurrection* 

1  T  "    ORD,  I  am  thine  ;  but  thou  wilt  prove 
*-*  My  faith,  my  patience,  and  my  love  ; 


PSALM     XVIII.  53 


When  men  of  spite  against  me  join, 
They  are  the  sword,  the  hand  is  thine. 

3  Their  hope  and  portion  lie  below  ; 
'Tis  all  the  happiness  they  know  ; 

'Tis  all  they  seek  ;  they  take  their  shares, 
And  leave  the  rest  among  their  heirs. 

3.  What  sinners  value,  I  resign  ; 
Lord,  'tis  enough  that  thou  art  mine  \ 
I  shall  behold  thy  blissful  face, 
And  stand  complete  in  righteousness. 

4  This  life's  a  dream,  an  empty  show  ; 
But  the  bright  world,  to  which  I  go, 
Hath  joys  substantial  and  sincere  ; 
When  shall  I  wake  and  find  me  there  I 

5  O  glorious  hour  !  O  blest  abode  ! 
I  shall  be  near  and  like  my  God  ; 
And  flesh  and  sin  no  more  control 
The  sacred  pleasures  of  the  soul* 

6  My  flesh  shall  slumber  in  the  ground, 
Till  the  last  trumpet's  joyful  sound  ; 
Then  burst  the  chains  with  sweet  surprise* 
And  in  my  Saviour's  image  rise- 


PS  ALM  XVIII.     1st  Part.     L.  M.      (%.) 

Ver.  1 — 6,  1 5 — 1  $.  Deliverance  from  Despair  ;  or  Temf$ 
tations  overcome. 

1  npHEE   will  I  love,  O  Lord,  my  strength, 

-"•  My  rock,  my  tower,  my  high  defence;. 
Thy  mighty  arm  shall  be  my  trust,. 
For  I  have  found  salvation  thence. 

2  Death  and  the  terrours  of  the  grave 
Stood  round  me  with  their  dismal  shade  j 
While  floods  of  high  temptations  rose, 
And  made  my  sinking  soul  afraid. 

3  I  saw  the  opening  gates  of  hell, 
With  endless  pains  and  sorrows  there, 
Which  none  but  they,  who  feel  can  telJj, 
While  I  was  hurryM  to  despair. 


$4  PSALM     XVIII. 


4  In  my  distress,  I  cali'd  my  God, 
When  I  could  scarce  believe  him  mine  J 
He  bow'd  his  ear  to  my  complaint  ; 
Then  did  his  grace  appear  divine. 

5  (With  speed  he  flew  to  my  relief, 
As  on  a  cherub's  wing  he  rode  ; 
Awful  and  bright  as  lightning  shone 
The  face  of  my  deliv'rer,  God. 

£  Temptations  fled  at  his  rebuke, 
The  bbst  of  his  almighty  breath  ; 
He  sent  salvation  from  on  high, 
And  drew  me  from  the  deeps  of  death.) 

7  Great  were  my  fears,  my  foers  were  great  ; 
Much  was  their  strength,  and  more  their  ragef 
But  Christ,  my  Lord,  is  conqueror  stiUj 
In  all  the  wars  that  devils  wage. 

S  My  song  forever  shall  record 
That  terrible,  that  joyful  hour  ; 
And  give  the  glory  to  the  Lord, 
Due  to  his  mercy  and  his  power. 


PSALM  XVIII.     2d  Part.     L.  M.      ( ^) 

Ver.  20 — 25.     Sincerity  /iroved  and  rewarded, 

1  "jf   OR  D,  thou  h*B%  seen  my  soul  sincere, 
-"-*  Hast  made  thy  truth  and  love  appear; 
Before  mine  eyes  I  set  thy  laws, 
And  thou  hast  own'd  my  righteous  cause. 

^3  Since  I  have  learn'd  thy  holy  ways, 
I've  walk'd  upright  before  thy  face  : 
Or,  if  my  feet  did  e'er  depart,  j 

'Twas  never  with  a  wicked  heart. 

3  What  sore  temptations  broke  my  rest  ! 
What  wars  and  stragglings  in  my  breast  T 
But  through  thy  grace,  that  reigns  withlDj 
I  guard  against  my  darling  sin. 

4  That  sin,  which  close  besets  me  still, 
Which  works  and  strives  against  my  will  j 
When  shall  thy  Spirit's  sovereign  power 
Destroy  it,  that  it  rise  no  mors  J 


PSALM     XVIII.  55 


(With  an  impartial  hand,  the  Lord 
Deals  out  to  mortal*  their  reward  : 
The  kind  and  faithful  sou's  shall  find 
A  God  as  faithful  and  as  kind. 
The  just  and  pure  shall  ever  say, 
Thou  art  more  pure  more  just  than  they  j- 
And  men,   who  love  revenge  shall  know, 
God  hath  an  arm  of  vengeance  too.) 


PSALM  XVIII.     3d  Part.     L.  M.         (») 

Ver.  30,  31,  32,  46,  Sec,      Rejoicing  in  Gqd  ;    or>  Salvor 
lion  and   Triumph* 

1  TfUST  are  thy  ways,  and  true  thy  woid, 
•JJ    Great  Rock  of  my  secure  abode  : 
Who  is  a  God,  beside  the  Lord  ? 

Or,  where's  a  refuge  like  our  God  I 

2  'Tis  he,  who  girds  me  with  his  might) 
Gives  me  his  holy  sword  *o  wield  ; 
And,  while  with  sin  and  hell  I  fight, 
Spreads  his  salvation  for  my  shield* 

3  He  lives  (and  blessed  be  my  Rock) 
The  God  of  my  salvation  lives  ; 

The  dark    designs  of  hell  are  broke  ; 
Sweet  is  the  peace  my  Father  gives. 

4  Before  the  scoffers  of  the  age 

I  will  exult  my  Father's  name  ; 
Nor  tremble  at  their  mighty  rage, 
But  meet  reproach,  and  bear  the  shame: 

5  To  David  and  his  royal  seed 
Thy  grace  forever  shall  extend  ; 
Thy  love  to  saints,  in  Christ  their  head, 
JLnows  not  a  limit,  nor  an  end. 

PSALM  XVIII.     1st  Part.     C>  M.         (&) 

Victory  and    Triumfih  over  temporal  Enemies* 

W    Now  is  thine  arm  reveal'd  ; 
Thou  art  our  strength,  our  heavenly  Lowe*) 
Qui-  bulwark  and  our  shield. 

L  "      " 


66  PSALM     XVIII; 


2  We  fly  to  our  eternal  Rock, 

And  find  a  sure  defence  ; 
His  holy  name  our  lips  invoke. 
And  draw  salvation  thence* 

3  When  God,  our  leader,  shines  in  arms* 

What  mortal  heart  can  bear 

The  thunder  of  his  loud  alarms, 

The  lightning  of  his  spear  ? 

4  He  rides  upon  the  winged  wind, 

And  angels  in  array, 
In  millions  wait,  to  know  his  mind, 
And  swift  as  frames  obey. 

5  He  speaks,  and  at  his  fierce  rebuke 

Whole  armies  are  dismay'd  ; 
His  voice,  his  frown,  his  angry  look- 
Strikes  all  their  courage  dead. 

fr  He  forms  our  gen'rals  for  the  field, 
With  all  their  dreadful  skill, 
Gives  them  his  awful  sword   to  wields 
And  makes  their  hearts  of  steel. 

7  (  He  arms  our  captains  to  the  fight,. 
Though  there  his  name's  forgot  j. 
He  girded  Cyrus  with  his  might, 
But  Cyrus  knew  him  not. 

%  Oft  has  the  Lord  whole  nations  bles&'oV 
For  his  own   churches'  sake  ; 
The  powers,  that  give  his  people  rest,; 
Shall  of  his  care  partake.) 


PSALM  XVIII.     2d  Part.     G.  M.        (%,} 

The  Conqueror's  Song, 

2  P]pO  thine  almighty   arm  we  owe 
-"•      The   triumphs    of  the    day  ; 
Thy  terrours,  Lord,  confound  the  foe, 
And  melt  their  strength  away. 

2  'Tis  by  thine  aid  our  troops  prevail, 
And  break  united  powers  j 
Or  burn  their  basted  fleets,  or  scale 
The  proudest  of  their  towers. 


PSALM    XIX.  57 


3  How  have  we  chased  them  through  the  field, 

And  tvod  them  to  the  ground, 
While  thy  salvation  was  our  shield  ; 
But  they  no  shelter  found  1 

4  In  vain  to  idle  saints  they  cry, 
And  perish  in  their  blood  r 

Where  is  a  rock  so  great,  so  high> 
So  powerful  as  our    Gud  ? 

The  Rock  of  Israel  ever  lives  ; 

His  name  be  ever  blest  ; 
'Tis  his  own  arm  the  vict'ry  gives, 

And  gives  his  people  rest. 

On  kings,    who  reign  as   David  did, 
He  pours  his  blessings  down  ; 

Secures  their   honours  to  their   seed, 
And  well  supports  their  crown. 


PSALM    XIX.     1st  Part.     S.  M.        (  Sg  ) 

The  Book   of  Natute  and  Scrijiture. 
For  the  Lord's  day  Morning. 

TO  EHOLD  the  lofty  sky 
JE*  Declares  its  Maker,  God, 
And  all  his  starry  works  on  high5 
Proclaim  his  power  abroad. 

The  darkness  and  the  light 
Still  keep  their  course  the  same  ; 
While   night  to  day,  and  day  to  nighfc 
Divinely  teach  his  name. 

In  ev'ry  different  land 
Their  gcn'ral  voice  is  known  ; 
They  shew  the  wonders  of  his  hand* 
And  orders  of  his  throne. 

Ye  Christian  lands,  rejoice  T 
Here  he  reveals  his  word  ; 
We  are  not  left  to  nature's  voice 
To  bid  us  know  the  Lord. 

His  statutes  and  commands 
Are  set  before  our  eyes  ; 
He  puts  his  gospel  in  our  hands? 
Where  our  salvation  lies. 


SS  PSALM    xxr. 


His  laws  are  just  and  pure  ; 
His  truth  without  deceit  ; 
His  promises  forever  sure, 
And  his  rewards  are  great.- 

(  Not  honey  to  the  taste 
Affords  so  much  delight  ; 
Nor  gold,  that  has  the  furnace  pass'd* 
So  much  allures  the  sight. 

While  of  thy   works  I  sing, 
Thy  glory  to  proclaim, 
Accept  the  praise,  my  God,  my  King, 
In  my  Redeemer's  name.) 


Psalm    XIX.     2d  part.        S.  M.  (  «c  ) 

God's  Word  most   excellent  ;  or,    Sincerity  and  Watchful 

ness. 

For  the  Lord's  day  Morning* 

I-      TO)  E HOLD  the  morning  sun 
■*"'  Begins  his  glorioas  way  ! 
His  beams  through  all  the  nations  riiny 
And  lifo  and  light  convey. 

2       But  where  the  gospej  comes, 
It  spreads  diviner  light  ; 
It  calls  dead  sinners  from  their  tombsy 
A*nd  gives  the  blind  their  sight. 

8       How  perfect  is  thy  word  ! 
And  all   thy  judgments  just  ! 
Forever  sure  thy  promise,  Lord, 
And  men  securely  trust. 

4  My  gracious  God,  how  plain 
Are   thy  directions   given  ! 

O,  may  I  never  read  in  vain  I 
But  find  the  path  to  heaven. 
*AUSE, 

5  I  hear  thy  word  with  love, 
And  I  would  fain  obey  ; 

Send   thy  good  Spirit  from  above, 
To  guide  me,  lest  I  stray. 

6  O,  who  can  ever  find 

The  errours  of  his  ways  f  ... 


PSALM    XIX  56 


Yet,  with  a  bold,  presumptuous  .mind 
I  would  not  dare  transgress, 

Warn  me  of  ev'ry  sin  ; 
Forgive  my  secret  faults, 

And  cleanse  this  guilty  soul  of  mine, 
Whose  crimes  exceed  my  thoughts* 

While  with  my  heart  and  tongue 
I  spread  thy  praise  abroad, 
Accept  the  worship  and  the  song, 
My  Saviour,  and  my  God. 


PSALM     XIX.         L.  M.  (*  ) 

'The  Books  pf  Nature  and  of  Serif iture  compared;  or  the 
Glory  and  Success  of  the  Gos/ieL 

1  npHe  heavens  declare  thy  glory,  Lord  ; 
-"-    In  every  star  thy  wisdom  shines  ; 
But,  when  our  eyes  behold  thy  wordj 
We  read  thy  name  in  fairer  lines. 

%  The  rolling  sun,  the  changing  light, 
And  nights  and  days  thy  power  confess  4 
But  the  blest  volume  thou  hast  writ 
Reveals  thy  justice  and  thy  grace. 

£  Sun,  moon  and  stars  convey  thy  praise 
Round  the  whole  earth,  and  never  stand  : 
So  when  thy  truth  began  its  race, 
It  touch'd  and  glanced  on  every  land. 

A  Nor  shall  thy  spreading  gospel  rest, 
Till  through  the  world  thy  truth  has  run5 
Till  Christ  has  all  the  nations  bless'dj 
That  see  the  light,  or  feel  the  sun. 

5  Great  Son  of  Righteousness,  arise, 

Bless  the  dark  world  with  heavenly  light : 
Thy  gospel  makes  the  simple  wise  ; 
Thy  laws  are  pure,  thy  judgments  right. 

£  Thy  noblest  wonders  here  we  view, 
In  souls  renew'd  and  sins  forgiv'n  : 
Lord,  cleanse  my  sins,  my  soul  renew, 
And  make  thy  word  my  guide  to  keavew. 


6o  PSALM    XIX. 


PSALM     XIX.         L.  P.  M.  (  *  ) 

The  Books  of  Nature  and  Scripture, 

1  rfT%  UEAT  God,  the  heaven's  well  order'd  frame 
^JT  Declares  the  glories  of  thy  name  ; 

There  thy  rich  works  of  wonder  shine ; 
A  thousand  starry  beauties  there, 
A  thousand  radiant  marks  appear 

Of  boundless  power  and  skill  divine. 

2  From  night  to  day,  from  day  to  night, 
The  dawning  and  the  dying  light 

Lectures  of  heavenly  wisdom  read  ; 
With  silent  eloquence  they  raise 
Our  thoughts  to  our  Creator's  praise, 

And  neither  sound  nor  language  need. 

3  Yet  their  divine  instructions  run 
Far  as  the  journies  of  the  sun, 

And  every  nation  knows  their  voice  ; 
The  sun,  like  some  young  bridegroom  dress'd. 
Breaks  from  the  chambers  of  the  east, 

Rolls  round,  and  makes  the  earth  rejoice, 

4  Where'er  he  spreads  his  beams  abroad, 
He  smiles,  and  speaks  his  Maker,  God  ; 

All  nature  joins  to  show  thy  praise. 
Thus  God  in  every  creature  shines  ; 
Fair  is  the  book  of  nature's  lines, 

But  fairer  is  thy  book  of  grace. 

PAUSE. 

■i>  I  love  the  volumes  of  thy  word  ; 
What  light  and  joy  those  leaves  afford 

To  souls  benighted  and  distress'd  I 
Thy  precepts  guide  my  doubtful  way  ; 
Thy  fear  forbids  my  feet  to  stray  ; 

Thy  promise  leads  my   heart  to  rest* 

6  From   the  disc  v'ries  of  thy  law 
The  perfect  rules  of  life  I  draw  ; 

These  are  my  study  and  delight : 
Not  honey  so  invites  the  taste, 
Nor  gold,  that  has  the  furnace  pass'd, 

Appears  so  pleasing  to  the  sight. 


PSALM     XX. 


7  Thy  threat'nings  wake  my  slumb'ring  eyes 
And  warn  me  where  my  danger  lies  ; 

But  'tis  thy  blessed  gospel,  Lord, 
That  makes  my  guilty  conscience  clean, 
Converts  my  soul,  subdues  my  sin, 

And  gives  a  free,  but  large  reward. 

£  Who  knows  the  errours  of  his  thoughts  ? 
My  God  forgive  my  secret  faults, 

And  from  presumptuous  sins  restrain  ; 
Accept  my  poor  attempts  of  praise, 
That  I  have  read  thy  book  of  grace, 

And  book  of  nature,  not  in  vaim 


PSALM  XX.     L.  M.  (*) 

Prayer  and  Ho/ie  of  Victory. 

TOR  A   DAY  OF    PRAYER  IN    TIME   OF  WAR* 

1  T^TOW  may  the  God  of  power  and  grace 
■"    Attend  his  people's  humble  cry  ! 
Jehovah  hears  when  Israel  prays 

And  brings  deliv'rance  from  on  high. 

2  The  name  of  Jacob's  God  defends 
Better  than  shields  or  brazen  walls  ; 
He  from  his  sanctuary  sends 
Succour  and  strength  when  Zion  calls. 

3  Well  he  remembers  all  our  sighs  ; 
His  love  exceeds  our  best  deserts  ; 
His  love  accepts  the  sacrifice 

Of  humble  groans  and  broken  hearts.. 

4  In  his  salvation  is  our  hope, 
And  in  the  name  of  Israel's  God 
Our  troops  shall  lift  their  banners  up, 
Our  navies  spread  their  flags  abroad. 

5  Some  trust  in  horses  train'd  for  war,  * 
And  some  of  chariots  make  their  boasts ; 
Our  surest  expectations  are 

From  thee,  the  Lord  of  heavenly  hosts. 

6  (  O  may  the  mern'ry  of  thy  name 
Inspire  our  armies  for  the  fight  ! 

F 


62  PSALM     XXL 


Our  foes  shall  fall  and  die  with  shame, 
Or  quit  the  field  with  shameful  flight.) 

7  Now  save  us,  Lord,  from  slavish  fear  ; 
Now  let  our  hope  be  firm  and  strong, 
Till  thy  salvation  shall  appear, 
And  joy  and  triumph  raise  the  song, 

PSALM  XXI.     CM.  (=*;) 

Our  .Country  the  Care  of  Heaven. 

.■0C7*  The  three  first  verses  altered  and   applied   to  the 
American  Revolution. 

1  npHY  people,  Lord,  with  songs  of  praise, 

•**■   Do  in  thy  strength  rejoice  ; 
And, , blest  with  thy  salvation,  raise 
To  heaven  their  cheerful  voice. 

2  Thy  sure  defence,  through  nations  round, 

Has  spread  our  ransom'd  name  ; 
And  our  successful  actions  crown 'd 
With  liberty  and  fame. 

3  Our  trust  alone  was  in  the  Lord, 

We  on  his  strength  relied  ; 
His  arm  the  conquest  did  afford, 
And  all  our  wants  supplied. 

4  But,  righteous  Lord,  thy  stubborn  foes 

Shall  feel  thy  dreadful  hand  ; 
Thy  vengeful  arm  shall  find  out  those 
Who  hate  thy  mild  command. 

5  WThen  thou  against  them  dost  engage, 

Thy  just  but  dreadful  dcotn 
Shall,  like  a  fiery  oven's  rage,  x 

Their  hopes  and  them  consume. 

6  Thus,  Lord,  thy  wond'rous  power  declare, 

And  thus  exalt  thy  fame  ; 
Whilst  we  glad  songs  of  praise  prepare 
For  thine  almighty  name. 


PSALM  XXI.     L.  M.  (^) 

Ver.  1 — 9.     Christ  exalted  to  the  Kingdom. 

AVID  rejoiced  in  God,  his  strength, 
Raised  to  the  throne  by  special  grace  ; 


PSALM     XXII.  63 


But  Christ,  the  Son,  appears  at  length) 
Fulfils  the  triumph  and  the  praise, 

2  How  great  is  the  Messiah's  joy- 
In   the  salvation  of  thy  hand  I 

Lord,  thou  hast  raised  his  kingdom  high, 
And  given  the  world  to  his  command. 

3  Thy  goodness  grants   whate'er  he  will, 
Nor  doth  the  least  request  withhold   ; 
Blessings  of  love  prevent  him  still, 
And  crowns  of  glory,  not  of  gold. 

4  Honour  and  majesty  divine 
Around  his  sacred  temples  shine  ; 
Blest  with  the  favour  of  thy  face, 
And  length  of  everlasting  days. 

5  Thine  hand  shall  find  out  all  his  foes  ; 
And  as  a  fiery  oven  glows 

With  raging  heat  and  living  coals, 
So  shall  thy  wrath  devour  their  souls. 


PSALM  XXII.     1st  Part.     CM.         (b) 
Ver.  1  — 16.      The  Sufferings  and  Death  of  Christ, 

1  "'OtTHY  has  my  God  my  soul  forsook, 

vv    "Nor  will  a  smile  afford  ?" 
(Thus  David  once  in  anguish  spoke, 
And  thus  our  dying  Lord.) 

2  Though  'tis  my  chief  delight  to  dwell 

Among  thy  praising  saints  ; 
Yet  thou  canst  hear  a  groan  as  well, 
And  pity  our  complaints. 

3  Our  fathers  trusted  in  thy  name, 

A  id  great  deliv'rance  found  ; 
But  I'm  a  worm,  despised  of  menr 
And  trodden  to  the  ground. 

4  Shaking  the  head,  they  pass  me  by, 

And   laugh  my  soul  to  scorn  ; 
'<  In  vain  he  trusts  in  God,"  they  cry, 
"Neglected  and  forlorn." 

5  But  thou  art  he,  who  form'd  my  flesh, 

By  thine  almighty  word  : 


PSALM    XXII, 


And,  since  I  hung-  upon  the  breast,     * 
My  hope  is  in  the  Lord* 

6  Why  will  my  Father  hide  his  face, 

When  foes  stand  threat'ning  round, 
In  the  dark  hour  of  deep  distress, 
And  not  a  helper  found  ? 

PAUSE. 

7  Behold  thy  darling  left  among 

The  cruel  and  the  proud, 
As  bulls  of  Bashan,  fierce  and  strong, 
As  lions  roaring  loud. 

S  From  earth  and  hell  my  sorrows  meet, 
To  multiply  the  smart ; 
They  nail  my  hands,  they  pierce  my  feet* 
And  try  to  vex  my  heart. 

9  Yet  if  thy  sovereign  hand  let  loose 

The  rage  of  earth  and  hell, 
Why  will  my  heavenly  Father  bruise 
The  Son  he  loves  so  well  r 

10  My  God,  if  possible  it  be, 

Withhold  this  bitter  cup  ; 
But  I  resign  my  will  to  thee, 
And  drink  the  sorrows  up. 

i  I  My  heart  dissolves  with  pangs  unknown  ; 
In  groans  I  waste  my  breath  ; 
Thy  heavy  hand  has   brought  me  down 
Low  as  the  dust  of  death. 

12  Father,  I  give  my   spirit  up, 
And  trust  it  in  thy  hand  : 
My  dying  fiesh  shall  rest  in  hope, 
And  rise  at  thy  command. 


PSALM  XXII.     2d  Part.     C.  M.         (b) 

Ver.  20,  2t,  27 — 31.     Christ's   Sufferings  and   Kingdom, 

I  "l^TOW  from  the  roaring  lion's  rage, 
•^  "O  Lord,  protect  thy  Son  : 
"Nor  leave  thy  darling  to  engage 
«  The  powers  of  hell  alone." 


PSALM    XXII.  65 


2  Thus  did  our  suffering  Saviour  pray, 
With  mighty  cries  and  tears ; 
God  heard  him  in  that  dreadful  day, 
And  chased  away  his  fears. 

5  Great  was  the  vict'ry  of  his  death, 
His  throne  exalted  high  ; 
And  all  the  kindreds  of  the  earth 
Shall  worship,  or  shall  die. 

4  A  numerous  offspring  must  arise 
From  his  expiring  groans  ; 
They  shall  be  reckon'd  in  his  eyes 
For  daughters  and  for  sons. 

%  The  meek  and  humble   souls  shall  see 
His  table  richly  spread  ; 
And  all,  who  seek  the  Lord,  shall  be 
With  joys  immortal  fed, 

6  The  isles  shall  know  the  righteousness 
Of  our  incarnate  God  ; 
And  nations,  yet  unborn,  profess 
Salvation  in  his  blood. 


PSALM  XXII.     L.  M.  (  b) 

Christ's  Sufferings  and  Exaltation, 

¥  T^TOW  let  our  mournful  songs  record 
The  dying  sorrows  of  our  Lord, 
When  he  complained  in  tears  and  blood, 
As  one  forsaken  of  his  God. 

i  The  Jews  beheld  him  thus  forlorn, 

And  shook  their  heads  and  laugh'd  in  scorn  j 
11  He  rescued  others  from  the  grave, 
"Now  let  him  try   himself  to  save. 

S  "  This  is  the  man  did  once  pretend 
"God  was  his  father  and  \\\%  friend  ; 
"  If  God  the  blessed  loved  him  so, 
"  Why  doth  he  fail  to  help  him  now  ¥* 

4  Barbarous  people  1  cruel  priests  1 

How  they  stood  round,  like  savage  beasts. 

Like  lions  gaping  to  devour, 

When  God  had  left  him  in  their  power, 

£  2 


66 PSALM    XXIII. 

5  They  wound  his  head,  his  hands,  his  feet, 
Till  streams  of  blood  each  other  meet  ; 
By  lot  his  garments  they  divide, 

And  mock  the  pangs,  in  which  he  died. 

6  But  God,  his  Father,  heard   his  cry  ; 
Raised  from  the  dead,  he  reigns  on  high  ; 
The  nations  learn  his  righteousness, 

And  humble  sinners  taste  his  grace. 


PSALM  XXIII.     L.  M.  (*c) 

God,   our  Shepherd. 

1  TVITY  shepherd  is  the  living  Lord  ; 

■J-*-**-  Now  shall  my  wants  be  well  supplied  j 
His  providence  and  holy  word, 
Become  my  safety  and  my  guide. 

2  In  pastures,  where  salvation  grows, 
lie  makes  me  feed,  he  makes  me  rest  ; 
There  living  water  gently  flows, 

And  all  the  food's  divinely  blest. 

3  My  wandering  feet  his  ways  mistake,. 
But   he  restores  my  soul  to  peace, 
And  leads  me,  for  his  mercy's  sake, 
In  the  fair  paths  of  righteousness. 

4  Though  I  walk  through  the  gloomy  vale, 
Where  death  and  all  its  terrours  are, 

My  heart  and  hope  shall  never  fail, 
i    For  God,  my  Shepherd's  with  me  there. 

5  Amidst  the  darkness  and  the  deeps, 
Thou  art  my  comtort,  thou  my  stay   ; 
Thy  staff  supports  my  feeble   steps, 
Thy  rod  directs  my  doubtful  way. 

£  The  sons  of  earth  and  sons  of  hell 

Gaze  at  thy  goodness,  and  repine 

To  see  my   table  spread   so  well, 

With  living  bread  and  cheerful  wine. 
7  (  How  I   rejoice,  when  on  my  head 

Thy  Spirit  condescends  to  rest  1 

'Tis  a  divine  anointing  shed, 

J^ike  oil  of  gladness  at  a,  feast) 


PSALM     XXIII.  &7 


8  Surely  the  mercies  of  the  Lord 
Attend  his  household  all  their  days  ; 
There  will  I  dwell    to  hear  his  word, 
To  seek  his  face  and  sing  his  praise.) 


PSALM  XXIII.     C.  M.  (  *  ) 

1  TMTY  shepherd  will  supply  my  need, 
■*-»-»■'  Jehovah  is  his  name  ; 

In  pastures  fresh  lie  makes  toe  feed, 
Beside  the  living  stream. 

2  He  brings  my  wandering  spirit  back. 

When   I  forsake  his   ways  ; 
And  leads  me,  for  his  mercy's  sake, 
In  paths  of  truth  and  grace. 

3  When  I  walk  through  the  shades  of  death1,. 

Thy  presence    is  my  stay  ; 
A  word  of  thy  supporting  breath 
Drives  all  my  fears  away. 

4  Thy  hand,  in  sight  of  all  my  foes, 

Doth  still  my  table  spread  ; 
My  cup  with  blessings  overflows, 
Thine  oil  anoints  my  head. 

5  The  sure  provisions  of  my  God 

Attend  me  all  my  days  ; 
O  may  thine  house  be  mine  abode) 
And  all  my  work  be  praise. 

6  There  would  I  find  a  settled  rest,. 

While  others  go  and  come, 
No  more  a  stranger  or  a  guest. 
But  like  a  child  at  home. 


PSALM  XXIII.     S.  M.  (  * ) 

PipHE  Lord  my  shepherd  is, 
-"■    I  shall  be  well  supplied  ;. 
Since  he  is  mine,  and  I  am  his, 
What  can  I  want  beside  ? 

He  leads  me  to  the   place, 
Where  heavenly  pasture  grows, 
Where  living  waters  gently  pass> 
And  full  salvation  flows, 


fffr  ,      PSALM    XXIV. 

3  If  e'er  I  go  astray, 

He  doth  my  soul  reclaim, 
And  guides    me  in  his  own  right  way, 
For  his  most  holy  name. 

4  While  he  affords  his  aid, 
I  cannot  yield  to  fear  ; 

Though  I  should  walk  through  death's  dark  shade,- 
My  Shepherd's  with  me  there. 

5r      In   spite  of  all  my  foes, 

Thou  dost  my  table  spread  ; 
My  cup  with  blessings  overflows, 
And  joy  exalts  my  head. 

&      The  bounties  of  thy  love 

Shall  crown  my  following  days  ; 
Nor  from  thy  house  will  I  remove, 
Nor  cease  to  speak  thy  praise. 


PSALM  XXIV.     C.  M.  (*■) 

Dwelling  with  God. 

I  P7HHE  earth  forever  is   the  Lord's, 
■"-    With   Adam's  numerous  race  ; 
He  raised  its  arches  o'er  the  floods, 
And  built  it  on  the  seas. 

%  But  who  among  the  sons  of  men 
May  visit  thine  abode  ? 
He,  who  has  hands  from  mischief  clears 
Whose  heart  is  right  with  God. 

*  This  is  the  man  may  rise,  and  take 
The  blessings  of  his  grace  ; 
This  is  the  lot  of  those,  who  seek 
The  God  of  Jacob's  face. 

4.  Now  let  our  souls'  immortal  powersj,- 
To  meet  the  Lord,  prepare  ; 
Lift  up  their  everlasting  doors, 
The  King  of  Glory's  near. 

5.  The  King  of  Glory  !  who  can  tell 
The  wonders  of  his  might  ? 
He  rules  the  nations  ;  but  to  dwell 
With  saints,  is  his  delight. 


PSALM    XXIVr    XXV.  69 


TSALM  XXIV.    L.  M.  (  %  ) 

Saints  dwell  in  Heaven  ;  or,  Christ's  Ascension. 

1  rjpHIS  spacious  earth  is  all  the  Lord's, 

-**•   And  men,  and  worms,  and  beasts,  and  birds  'r 
He  raised  the  building  on  the  seas, 
And  gave  it  for  their  dwelling-place. 

2  But  there's  a  brighter  world  on  high, 
Thy  palace,  Lord,   above  the  sky  : 
Who  shall  ascend  that  blest  abode, 
And  dwell  so  near    his  Maker,  God  ? 

3  He,  who  abhors  and  fears  to  sin, 

Whose  heart  is  pure,  whose  hands  are  clean  ;. 
Him  shall  the  Lord,  the  Saviour,  bless, 
And  clothe  his  soul  with  righteousness. 

4  These  are  the  men,  the  pious  race, 
Who  seek  the  God  ot  Jacob's  face  ; 
These  shall  enjoy  the  blissful  sight, 
And  dwell  in  everlasting  light. 

PAUSE. 

5  Rejoice,  ye  shining  worlds  on  higfir 
Behold  the  King  of  Glory  nigh  ! 
Who  can  this  King  of  Glory  be  ? 
The  mighty  Lord,  the  Saviour's  he. 

6  Ye  heavenly  gates,  your  leaves  display,. 
To  make  the  Lord,  the  Saviour,  way  : 
Laden  with-  spoils  from  earth  and  hell, 
The  Conqueror  comes  with  God  to  dwell.: 

7  Raised  from  the  dead,  he  goes  before, 
He  opens  heaven's  eternal  door, 

To  give  his  saints  a  blest  abode 
Near  their  Redeemer  and  their  God* 


PSALM  XXV.     1st  Part.     S.  M.        (  fc>  ) 
Ver.  1 — 11.      Waiting  for   Pardbn  and  Diiection, 
LIFT   my  soul  to  God, 
My  trust  is  in  his  name  : 
Let  not  my  foes,  who  seek  my  blood5 
Still  triumph  in  my  shame. 


I 


70  PSALM     XXV. 


Sin  and  and  the  powers  of  hell 
Persuade  me  to  despair  ; 
Lord,  make  me  know  thy  covenant  well; 
That  I  may  'scape  the  snare. 

From  th--  first  dawning  light 
Till  the  dark  evening  rise, 
For  thy  salvation  Lord,  I  wait 
With  ever-longing  eyes. 

Remember  all  thy  grace, 
And  lead  me  in  thy  truth  ; 
Forgive  the  sins  of  riper  days. 
And  follies  of  my  youth. 

The  Lord  is  just  and  kind  ; 
The  meek  shall  learn  his  ways  ; 
And  every  humble  sinner  find 
The  methods  of  his  grace. 

For  his  own  goodness*  sake, 
He  saves  my  soul  from  shame  : 
He  pardons,    (though  my  guilt  is  great,) 
Through  my  Redeemer's  name. 


PSALM  XXV.     2d.  part,     S.  M.         (#) 

Ver.   12,    14,    10,  13,     Divine  Instruction* 

WHERE  shall  the  man  be  found, 
Who  fears  t'  offend  his  God  ? 
Who  loves  the  gospel's  joyful  sound, 
And  trembles  at  his  rod  ? 

The  Lord  shall  make  him  know 
The  secrets  of  his  heart, 
The  wonders  of  his  covenant  show. 
And  all  his  love  impart. 

The  dealings  of  his  hand 
Are  truth  and  mercy   still, 
With  such  as  to  his  covenant  stand, 
And  love  to  do  his  will. 

Their  souls  shall  dwell  at  ease 
Before  their  Maker's  face  ; 
Their  seed  shall  taste  the  promises 
In  their  extensive  grace 


PSALM    XXV,     XXVL 


PSALM    XXV.     3d  Part.     S.  M.         (  b  ) 

Ver.   15 — 22.      Distress  of  Soulj  &r,  Backsliding   and 
Desertion. 

'INE  eyes  and  my  desire 
Are  ever  to  the  Lord  ; 
I  love  to  plead  his  promises, 
And  rest  upon  his  word. 
Turn,  turn  thee   to  my  soul  ; 
Bring  thy  salvation. near: 
When  will  thy  hand  release  my  feet 
Out  of  the  deadly  snare  ? 
When  shall  the  sovereign  grace 
Of  my  forgiving  God 
Restore  me  from  those  dangerous  ways 
My  wandering  feet  have  trod  ! 

The  tumult  of  my  thoughts 
Doth  but  enlarge  my  wo  : 
My  spirit  languishes,  my  heart 
Is  desolate  and  low. 

With  every  morning  light 

My  sorrow  new  begins  ; 
Look  on  my  anguish  and  my  pain, 

And  pardon  all  my  sins. 

PAUSE. 

Behold  the  hosts  of  hell  1 

How  cruel  is  their  hate  1 
Against  my  life  they  rise,  and  join 

Their  fury,  with  deceit. 

O  !  keep  my  soul  from  death, 

Nor  put  my  hope  to  shame, 
For  I  have  placed  my  only  trust 

In  my  Redeemer's  name. 

With  humble  faith  I  wait 
To  see  thy  face  again  ; 
Of  Israel  it  shall  ne'er  be  said, 
"  He  sought  the  Lord  in  vain." 


PSALM  XXVL     L.  M.  (*) 

Self-examination  ;  or,  Evidences  of  Grace. 
I    "TUDGE  me,  O  Lord,  and  prove  my  ways, 
•D  And  try  my  reins,  and  try  my  heart  ; 


PSALM     XXVII. 


= 


My  faith  upon  thy  promise  stays, 
Nor  from  thy  law  my  feet  depart. 
I  hate  to  walk,  I  hate  to  sit 
With  men  of  vanity  and  lies  ; 
The   scoffer  and  the  hypocrite 
Are  the  abhorrence  of  mine  eyes. 

Amongst  thy  saints  will  I  appear 
With  hands  well  wash'd  in  innocence  ; 
But  when  I  stand  before  thy  bar, 
The  blood  of  Christ  is  my  defence. 

I  love  thy  habitation,  Lord, 
The  temple  where  thine  honours  dwell 
There  shall  I  hear  thy  holy  word, 
And  there  thy  works  of  wonder  tell. 
Let  not  my  soul  be  joii/d  at  last 
With  men  of  treachery  and  blood, 
Since  I  my  days  on  earth  have  past 
Among  the  saints  and  near  my  God. 


PSALM  XXVIL     1st  Part.     C.     M.      (  %  ) 

Ver  I — 6.        The  Church  h  our  Delight  and  Safety. 
T^HE  Lord  of  glory  is  my  light, 

And  my  salvation  too  ; 
God  is  my  strength,  nor  will  I  fear 
What  all  my  foes  can  do. 

One  privilege  my  heart  desires  ; 

O  I  grant  me  an  abode 
Among  the  churches  of  thy  saints. 

The  temples  of  my  God. 

There  shall  I  offer  my  requests, 

And  see  thy  beauty  still  ; 
Shall  hear  thy  messages  of  love, 

And  there  inquire  thy  will. 
When  troubles  rise  and  storms  appear, 

There  may  his  children  hide  ; 
God  has  a  strong  pavilion,  where 

He  makes  my  soul  abide, 
Now  shall  my  head  be  lifted  high 

Above  my  foes  around, 
And  songs  of  joy  and  victory 

Within  thy  temple  sound* 


PSAI'1    XXVII,    XXIX. 


pSAj.vf  XXVII.     2d  Part.    CM.       (X) 

yfzv.  8,  9,  13,   14.     Prayer  and  ffo/ie. 

j   q»JON  as  I  heard  my  Father  say, 
^  "  Ye  children,  seek  my  grace  ; 
My  heart  replied  without  delay, 
"  I'll  seek  my  Father's  face.  ' 

2  Let  not  thy  face  be  hid  from  me, 

Nor  frown  my  soul  away  ; 
God  of  my  life,  I  fly  to  thee 
In  a  distressing  day. 

3  Should  friends  and  kindred  near  and  dear 

Leave  me  to  want  or  die, 
My  God  would  make  my  life  his  care, 
And  all  my  need  supply. 

4  My  fainting  flesh  had  died  with  grief, 

Had  not  my  soul  believed, 
To  see  thy  grace  provide  relief  ; 
Nor  was  my  hope  deceived. 

5  Wait  on  the  Lord,  ye  trembling  saints, 

And  keep  your  courage  up  ; 
He'll  raise  your  spirit  when  it  faints, 
And  far  exceed  your  hope. 


PSALM    XXIX.         L.  M.  (  $  ) 

Storm  and  Thunder. 

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1  /jpl  IVE  to  the  Lord,  ye  sons  of  fame, 
^JT  Give  to  the  Lord  renown  and  power  ;' 
Ascribe  due  honours  to  his  name, 

And  his  eternal  might  adore. 

2  The  Lord  proclaims  his  power  aloud, 
Over  the  ocean  and  the  land  ; 

His  voice  divides  the  watery  cloud, 
And  lightnings  blaze  at  his  command* 

3  He  speaks,  and  tempest,  hail  and  wind 
Lay  the  wide  forest  bare  around  ; 
The  fearful  hart  and  frighted  hind 
Leap  at  the  terrour  of  the  sound. 

4  To  Lebanon  he  turns  his  voice, 
And  lo,  the  stately  cedars  break  : 

G 


U  PSALM    XXa 


Tbe  mountains  tremble  at  the  noise, 
The  vallies  roar,  the  deserts  quake. 

The  Lord  sits  sovereign  o'er  the  flood  % 
The  Thunderer  reigns  forever  King  : 
But  makes  his  church  his  blest  abode. 
Where  we  his  awful  glories  sing. 

In  gentler  language  there,  the  Lord 
The  counsels  of  his  grace  imparts  ; 
Amidst  the  raging  storm  his  word 
Speaks  peace  and  courage  to  our  hearts. 


PSALM  XXX.     1st  Part.      L.  M.         (  ^  ) 

Sickness  healed,  and  Sorrow  Removed, 

■1   If"  WILL  extol  thee,  Lord,  on  high, 
-^   At  thy  command  diseases  fly  ; 
Who  but  a  God  can  speak  and  save 
From  the  dark  borders  of  the  grave  I 

2  Sing  to  the  Lord,  ye  saints  of  his, 
And  tell  how  large  his  goodness  is  : 
Let  all  your  powers  rejoice  and  bless5 
While  you  record  his  holiness. 

3  His  anger  but  a  moment  stays; 
His  love  is  life  and  length  of  days  ; 
Though  grief  and  tears  the  night  employ, 
The  morning  star  restores  the  joy. 

PSALM  XXX.      2d  Part.     L.  M.         {    b  ) 
Ver.  6      Healthy  Sickness,  and  Recovery. 

IRM  was  my  health,  my  day  was  bright, 
And  I  presumed  'twould  ne'er  be  night : 
Fondly  I  said  within  my  heart, 
K  Pleasure  and^peace  shall  ne'er  depart." 

2  But  I  forgot  thine  arm  was  strong, 
Which  made  my  mountain  stand  so  long  ; 
Soon  as  thy  face  began  to  hide, 

My  health  was  gone,  my  comforts  died. 

3  I  cried  aloud  to  thee,  my  God, 
"What  canst  thou  profit  by  my  blood  ? 


PSALM    XXXI.  75 


"Deep  in  the  dust,  can  I  declare 

"Thy  truth,  or  sing  thy  goodness  there  i 

4  "Hear  me,  O  God  of  grace,"  I  said, 
"x\nd  bring  me  from  among  the  dead  5" 
Thy  word  rebuked  the  pains  I  felt, 
Thy  pardoning  love  removed  my  guilt. 

5  My  groans,  andtears,  and  forms  of  wo* 
Are  turn'd  to  joy  and  praises  now  j 

I  throw  my  sackcloth  on  the  ground, 
And  ease  and  gladness  gird  me  round. 

6  My  tongue,  the  glory  of  my  frame, 
Shall  ne'er  be  silent  of  thy  name  ; 

Thy  praise  shall  sound  through  earth  and  he&v'eiij 
For  sickness  heai'd,  and  sins  forgiven. 


PSALM  XXXI.     1st  Part.      C.  M.        (^  ) 

Ver.  5,  13 — 19,22,23.      Deliverance  from  Death. 

I    TTNTO  thy  hand,  O  God  of  truth,    • 
■**     My  spirit  I  commit ; 
Thou  hast  redeem'dmy  soul  from  death, 
And  saved  me  from  the  pit, 

$     The  passions  of  my  hope  and  fear 
Maintain'd  a  doubtful   strife, 
While  sorrow,   pain,  and  sin  conspired 
To  take  away  my  life. 

3  "  My  time  is  in  thy  hand,"  I  cried, 

"  Though  I  draw  near  the  dust :"' 
Thou  art  the  refuge  where  I  hide, 
The  God   in  whom  I  trust, 

4  O  make  thy  reconciled  face 

Upon  thy  servant  shine, 
And  save  me  for  thy  mercy's  sakey 
For  I'm  entirely  thine. 

PAUSE. 

f  ('Twasin  my  h'ast6  my  spirit  said,* 
"I  must  despair  and  die  V 
"I  am  cut  off  before  thine  eyes  ;'* 
But  thou  hast  heard  my  cry.) 

$  Thy  goodness,  how  divinely  free  ! 
How  wonderous  is  thy  grace  I 


y6  PSA1.M    XXXI. 


To  those,  ^'K^car  thy  majesty, 

And  tr*st  thy  promises  I 
7  O  We  the  Lord  all  ye  his  saints, 

And  sing  his  praises  loud  ; 
He'll  bend  his  ear  to  your  complaints, 

And  recompense  ths  proud. 


PSALM  XXXI.     2d  Part.     C.  M.         (*}- 
Ver.  7 — 13,  18 — 21. 

Deliverance  from  Slander  and  Refiroach* 

j  TV/IT Y  heart  rejoices  in  thy  name, 
IvJl  ^|y  God,  my  help,  my  trust ; 
Thou  hast  preserved  my  face  from  shame, 
Mine  honour  from  the  dust. 

2  "My  life  is  spent  with  grief,"  I  cried  ; 

"My  years  consumed  in  groans  ; 
"My  strength  decays,  mine  eyes  are  dried*. 
"And  sorrow  wastes  my  bones." 

3  Among  mine  enemies,  my  name 

Was  a  mere  proverb  grown  ; 
While  to  my  neighbours  I  became 
Forgotten  and  unknown. 

4  Slander  and  fear  on  every  side 

Seized  and  beset  me  round  ; 
I  to  the  throne  of  grace  applied, 
And  speedy  rescue  found. 

PAUSE. 

$  How  great  deliverance  thou  bast  wrought 
Before  the  sonsofaien  ! 
The  lying  lips  to  silence  brought, 
And  made  their  boastings  vain  ! 

£  Thy  children  from  the  strife  of  tongues, 
Shall  thy  pavilion  hide  ; 
Guard  them  from  infamy  and  wrongs. 
And  crush  the  sons  of  pride. 

7  Within  thy  secret  presence,  Lord, 
Let  me  forever  dwell  ; 
>Jo  fenced  city,  wall'd  and  barr'd, 
Secures  a  saint  so  well. 


psalm  xxxir,  m 


PSALM  XXXII.     S.  M.  (  b  ) 

Forgiveness  of  Sin  njion  Confession, 

BLESSED  souls  are  they, 
>  Whose  sins  are  cover*  d  o'er ; 
Divinely  blest,  to  whom  the  Lord 
Imputes  their  guilt  no  more  I 

They  mourn  their  follies  past, 
And  keep  their  hearts  with  care  3 
Their  lips  and  lives,  without  deceit? 
Shall  prove  their  faith  sincere. 

While  I  conceal'd  my  guilt, 
I  felt  the  festering  wound  ; 
Till  I  confessed  my  sins  to  thee, 
And  ready  pardon  found. 

Let  sinners  learn  to  pray, 
Let  saints  keep  near  the  throne  ; 
Our  help  in  times  of  deep  distress 
Is  found  in  God  alone. 


PSALM  XXXII.     C.  M.  (  %  ) 

Free  Pardon  and  sincere  Obedience ;    or,   Confession  ant?: 
Forgiveness. 

1  TO  APPY  the  man,  to  whom  his  God  : 
■"-"■  No  more  imputes  his  sin  ; 
But,  wash'd  in  the  Redeemer's  blood, 
Hath  made  his  garments  clean  ! 

3  Happy,  beyond  expression,  he, 

Whose  debts  are  thus  discharged  j 
And  from  the  guilty  bondage  free, 
He  feels  his  soul  enlarged  1 

3  His  spirit  hates  deceit  and  lies, 

His  words  are  all  sincere  ; 
He  guards  his  heart,  he  guards  his  eyes. 
To  keep  his  conscience  clear, 

4  While  I  my  inward  guilt  suppress'd, . 

No  quiet  could  I  find  ; 
Thy  wrath  lay  burning  in  my  breast^. 
And  rack'd  my  tortured  mind, 
G  * 


%&  PSALM    XXXH. 


5  Then  I  confess'd  my  troubled  thoughts, 

My  secret  sins  reveal'd  ; 
Thy  pardoning  grace  forgave  my  faults, 
Thy  grace  my  pardon  seal'd. 

6  This  shall  invite  thy  saints  to  pray  ;. 

When,  like  a  raging  flood, 
Temptations  rise,  our  strength  and  stay 
Is  a  forgiving  God. 


PSALM    XXXII.     1st  part.  L.  M.         (  m) 

Repentance  and  free  Pardon  ;  or,  Justification  and 
Sanctification. 

1  TTftLEST  is  the  man,  forever  blest, 
^  Whose  guilt  is  pardoned  by  his  GocF, 
Whose  sins  with  sorrow  are  confess'd, 
And  cover'd  with  his  Saviour's  blood. 

%  J&est  is  the  man,  to  whom  the  Lord 
Imputes  not  his  iniquities  : 
He  pleads  no  merit  of  reward, 
And  not  on  works,  but  grace,  relies. 

3  From  guile  his  heart  and  lips  are  free  ;, 
His  humble  joy,  his  holy  fear, 

With  deep  lepentance  well  agree, 
And  join  to  prove  his  faith  sincere, 

4  How  glorious  is  that  righteousness., 
That  hides  and  cancels  all  his  sins  ! 
While  a  bright  evidence  of  grace 
Through  his  whole  life  appears  and  shines. 


PSALM  XXXII.    2d  Part.    L.  M.        (  fc  > 

A  guilty  Conscience  eased  by  Confession  and  Pardon*. 

1  \TC7HILE  I  keep  silence,  and  conceal 
V  *     My  heavy  guilt  within  my  heart, 
What  torments  doth  my  conscience  feel  ! 
What  agonies  of  inward  smart ! 

3  I  spread  my  sins  before  the  Lord, 
And  all  my  secret  faults  confess  ; 
Thy  gospel  speaks  a  pardoning  word,. 
Thy  Hojy  Spirit  seals  the  gracgv 


PSALM     XXXIIL 


For  this  shall  every  humble  soul 
Make  swift  addresses  to  thy  seat  } 
When  floods  of  huge  temptations  roll,, 
There  shall  they  find  a  blest  retreat. 

How  safe  beneath  thy  wings  I  lie, 
When  days  grow  dark,  and  storms  appear 
And  when  I  walk>  thy  watchful  eye 
Shall  guide  me  safe  from  every  snare. 


PSALM  XXXIII.      1st  part.     C.  M.     (  x  ) 

Works  of  Creation  and  Providence. 

1  TH)  EJOICE,  ye  righteous,  in  the  Lord, 
JiH/  This  work  belongs  to  you  : 

Sing  of  his  name,  his  ways,  his  word? 
How  holy,  just,  and  true  ! 

2  His  mercy  and  his  righteousness 

Let  heaven  and  earth  proclaim  ; 
Kis  works  of  nature  and  of  grace 
Reveal  his  wonderous  name. 

3  His  wisdom  and  almighty  word' 

The  heavenly  arches  spread  ; 
And  by  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
Their  shining  hosts  were  made* 

4  He  bade  the  liquid  waters  flow 

To  their  appointed  deep  ; 
The  flowing  seas  their  limits  know, 
And  their  own  station  keep. 

5  Ye  tenants  of  the  spacious  earth,. 

With  fear  before  him  stand  :- 
He  spake,  and  nature  took  its  birth3 
And  rests  on  his  command, 

a  He  scorns  the  angry  nations'  rage. 
And  breaks  their  vain  designs  : 
His  counsel  stands  through  every  age,. 
And  in  full  glory  shines. 


PSALM  XXXIII.      2d  part.      C  M.       ( 

Creatures  vain  and  god  Ml- Sufficient, 
LEST  is-the  nation,  where  the  Lord 
Hath  fix'd  his  gracious  throne  j 


**  PSALM    xxxnr. 


Where  he  reveals  his  heavenly  word> 
And  calls  their  tribes  his  own. 

2  His  eye  with  infinite  survey 

Does  the  whole  world  behold  ; 
He  tbrm'd  us  all  of  equal  clay, 
And  knows  our  feeble  mould. 

3  Kings  are  not  rescued  by  the  force 

Of  armies  from  the  grave  j 
Nor  speed,  nor  courage  of  a  horse 
Can  the  bold  rider  save. 

4  Vain  is  the  strength  of  beasts  or  men? 

To  hope  for  safety  thence  ; 
But  holy  souls  from  God  obtain 
A  strong  and  sure  defence. 
5-  God  is  their  fear,  and  God  their  trust, 
When  plagues  or  famine  spread  ; 
His  watchful  eye  secures   the  just, 
Amongst  ten  thousand  dead. 

&  Lord,  let  our  hearts  in  thee  rejoice, 
And  bless  us  from  thy  throne  ; 
For  we  have  made  thy  word  our  choice, 
And  trust  thy  grace  alone. 


PSALM*  XXXIII.       1st  part.    L.  P.  M.    (  *-  ) 
Works   of  Creation  and  Providence. 

YE  holy  souls,  in  God  rejoice, 
Your  Maker's  praise  becomes-  your  voice  ; 
Great  is  your  theme,  your  songs  be  new  % 
Sing  of  his  name,  his  word,  his  ways, 
His  works  of  nature  and  of  grace, 
How  wise  and  holy,  just  and  true  1 . 

2  Justice  and  truth  he  ever  loves, 

And  the  whole  earth  his  goodness  proves  : 
His  word  the  heavenly   arches  spread  ; 

How  wide  they  shine  from  north  to  south  I 

And  by  the  spirit  of  his  mouth 
Were  all  the  starry  armies  made. 

3  He  gathers  the  Wide  flowing  seas, 
(Those  watery  treasures  know  their  place)- 

In  the  vast  storehouse  of  the  deep: 
He  spake,  and  gave  all  nature  birth*.. 


PSALM    XXXIII,  XXXIV.  8! 


And  fires,  and  seas,  and  heaven,  and  earth 
His  everlasting  orders  keep* 

4  Let  mortals  tremble  and  adore 
A  God  of  such  resistless  power, 

Nor  dare  indulge  their  feeble  rage  : 
Vain  are  your  thoughts,  and  weak  your  hands, 
But  his  eternal  counsel  stands, 

And  rules  the  world  from  age  to  age. 


PSALM  XXXIII.     2d  Part,     L.  P.  M.    (  %  ) 
Creatures  vainy  and    Go&  Ml- Sufficient* 
HAPPY  nation,  where  the  Lord 
Reveals  the  treasure  of  his  word, 
And  builds  his  church,  his  earthly  throne  I 
His  eye  the  heathen  world  surveys, 
He  form'd  their  hearts,  he  knows  their  ways  ; 
But  God,  their  Maker,  is  unknown. 

2  Let  kings  rely  upon  their  host, 

And  of  his  strength  their  champion  boast  ; 

In  vain  they  boast,  in  vain  rely  : 
In  vain  we  trust  the  brutal  force. 
Or  speed,  or  courage  of  a  horse 

To  guard  his  rider,  or  to  fly. 

3  The  eye  of  thy  compassion,  Lord, 
Doth  more  secure  defence  afford, 

When  death  or  dangers  threatening  stand  ; 
Thy  watchful  eye  preserves  the  just, 
Who  make  thy  name  their  fear  and  trust, 

When  wars  or  famine  waste  the  land. 

4  In  sickness,  or  the  bloody  field, 
Thou  our  physician,  thou  our  shield, 

Send  us  salvation  from  thy  throne  ; 
We  wait  to  see  thy  goodness  shine  ; 
Let  us  rejoice  in  help  divine, 

For  all  our  hope  is  God  alone. 


PSALM  XXXIV.     1st  Part.     L.   M.       (#) 

God's  Care  of  the   Saints  ;  or,  Deliverance  by  Prayer* 
\  "T  ORD,  I  will  bless  thee  all  my  days, 
J"  Thy  praise  shall  dwell  upon  my  tongue  ; 


89  PSALM     XXXIV. 


ass. 


My  soul  shall  glory  in  thy  grace, 
While  saints  rejoice  to  hear  the  song.- 

2  Come,  magnify  the  Lord  with  me  ; 
Come,  let  us  all   exalt  his  name  ; 
I  sought  th'  eternal  God,  and  he 
Has  not  exposed  my  hope  to  shame- 
s' I  told  him  all  my   secret  grief, 

My  secret  groaning  reach'd  his  ears  ; 
He  gave  my  inward  pains  relief, 
And   calm'd  the  tumult  of  my  fears. 

4  To  him  the  poor  lift  up  their  eyes, 
Their  faces  feel  the  heavenly  shine  ; 
A  beam  of  mercy  from  the  skies 
Fills  them  with  light  and  joy  divine. 

5  His  holy  angels  pitch  their  tents 
Around  the  men,  who  serve  the  Lord  ; 
O,  fear  and  love  him,  all  ye  saints, 
Taste  of  his  grace,  and  trust  his  word  ! 

6  The  wild  young  lions, pinch'd  with  pain 
And  hunger,  roar  through  all  the  wood  5 
But  none  shall  seek  the  Lord  in  vain, 
Nor  want  supplies  of  real  good. 


PSALM  XXXIV.      2d  Part.     L.  M.         (  fc,  ) 

Ver.  1 1 — 22.  Religious  Education;  or  Instructions  of  Piety] 
1  (plHILDREN,  in  years  and  knowledge  young, 

\j  Your  parents'  hope,  your  parents'  joy, 

Attend  the  counsels  ot  my  tongue  ; 

Let  pious  thoughts  your  minds  employ. 
%  If  you  desire  a  length  of  days, 

And  peace  to  crown  your  mortal  state, 

Restrain  your  feet  from  impious  ways, 

Your  lips  from  slander  and  deceit. 

3  The  eye  of  God  regards  his  saints, 
His  ear  is  open  to  their  cries  ; 

He  sets  his  frowning  face  against 
The  sons  of  violence  and  lies. 

4  To  humble  souls  and  broken  hearts, 
God  with  his  grace  is  ever  nigh  ; 
Pardon  and  hope  his  love  imparts, 
When  men  in  deep  contrition  lie. 


PSALM    XXXIV. 


5  He  tells  their  tears,  he  counts  their  groans, 
His  Son  redeems  their  souls  from  death  ; 
His  Spirit  heals  their  broken   bones  : 
They  in  his  praise  employ  their  breath. 


PSALM  XXXIV.     1st  Part.     CM.         («) 

Ver.  1 — 10.     Prayer  and  Praise  for  Eminent  Deliverance- 

1   T'LL  bless  the  Lord  from  day  to  day  ; 
JL    How  good  are  all  his  ways  ! 
Ye  humble  souls,  who  use  to  pray, 
Come  help  my  lips  to  praise. 
£  Sing  to  the  honour  of  his  name, 
How  a  poor  auff'rer  cried, 
Nor  was  his  hope  exposed  to  shame, 
Nor  was  his  suit  denied. 

3  When  threatening  sorrows  round  me  stood 

And  endless  fears  arose, 
Like  the  loud  billows  of  a  flood, 
Redoubling  all  my  woes. 

4  I  told  the   Lord  my  sore  distress, 

With  heavy  groans  and  tears  ; 
He  gave  my  sharpest  torments  ease, 
And  silenced  all  my  fears. 

PAUSE. 

5  (O  sinners,  come  and  taste  his  love, 

Come  learn  his  pleasant  ways, 
And  let  your  own  experience  prove 
The  sweetness  of  bis  grace. 

6  He  bids  his  angels  pitch  their  tents 

Round  where  his  children  dwell  ; 
WThat  ills  their  heavenly  care  prevent^ 
No  earthly  tongue  can  tell.) 

7  (O  love  the  Lord,  ye  saints  of  his  ! 

His  eye  regards  the  just  : 
How  richly  Jbless'd  their  portion  is, 
Who  make  the  Lord  their  trust  ! 

8  Young  lions,  pinch'd  with  hunger,  roar. 

And  famish  in  the  wood  ; 

But  God  supplies  his  holy  poor 

With  every  needful  food.) 


M  PSALM    XXXIV,   XXXV. 


PSALM   XXXIV.     2d  part      C.  M.         (  fc  ) 

Ver.  1 1—22.       Exhortations   to  Peace  and  Holiness* 

i   (p«0 ME,  children,  learn  to  fear  the  Lord, 
^   And,  that  yonr  days  be  long, 
Let  not  a  false  or  spiteful  word 
Be  found  upon  your  tongue. 

2  Depart,  from  mischief,  practise  love, 

Pursue  the  works  of  peace  : 
So  shali  the  Lord  your  ways  approve. 
And  set  your  souls  at  ease. 

3  His  eye  awakes  to  guard  the  just, 

Mis  ear  attends  their  cry  : 
When  broken   spirits  dwell  in  dust, 
The  God  of  grace  is  nigh. 

4  What,  though  the  sorrows  here  they  taste. 

Are  sharp  and  tedious  too, 
The  Lord,  who  saves  them  all  at  last, 
Is  their  supporter  now. 

5  Evil  shall  9mite  the  wicked  dead, 

But  God  secures  his  own  ; 
Prevents  the  mischief  when  they  slide, 
Or  heals  the  broken  bone. 

6  When  desolation,  like  a  flood, 

O'er  the  proud  sinner  rolls, 

Saints  find  a  refuge  in  their  God, 

For  he  redeem'd  their  souls. 


PSALM  XXXV.     1st.  part,     CM.      (.#ort) 

Ver.  1 — 9.      Prayer  and  Faith  of  persecuted  Saints  ;  or« 
Imprecations    mixed  ivtih   Charity, 

1  T^TOW  plead  my  cause,  Almighty  God, 
-^    With  all  the  sons  of  strife  ; 

And  fight  against  the  men  of  blood, 
Who  fight  against  my  life. 

2  Draw  out  thy  spear,  and  stop  their  way, 

Lift  thy  avenging  rod  ; 
But  to  my  soul  in  mercy  say, 
"  I  am  thy  Saviour  God." 

3  They  plant  their  snares  to  catch  my  feet, 
And  nets  of  mischief  spread  ; 


PSALM    XXXV.  85 


Plunge  the  destroyers   in  the  pit, 
Which  their  own  hands  have  made. 

4  Let  fogs  and  darkness  hide  their  way, 

And  slippery  be  their  ground  ; 
Thy  wrath  shall  make  their  lives  a  prey. 
And  all  their  rage  confound. 

5  They  fly,  like  chaff  before  the  wind, 

Before  thine  angry  breath  ; 
The  angel  of  the  Lord  behind, 
Pursues  them  down  to  death. 

-6  They  love  the  road  that  leads  to  hell ; 
Then  let  the  rebels  die, 
Whose  malice   is  implacable 
Against  the  Lord  on  high. 

¥  But  if  thou  hast  a  chosen  few 
Among   that  impious  race, 
Divide  them  from  the  bloody  crew. 
By  thy  surpassing  grace. 

S  Then  will  I  raise  my  tuneful  voice* 
To  make  thy  wonders  known  ; 
In  their  salvation  I'll  rejoice, 
And  bless  thee  for  my  own. 


PSALM    XXXV.     3d  Part.     C.  M.         (  *  > 

Ver.  12 — 14.     Love  to  Enemies  :  Or,  the  love  of  Christ  t$, 
Sinners  tyfiified  in  David. 

1  TOEHOLD   the  love,  the  generous  love,, 
•IE)  That  holy  David  shows  ; 
Hark,  how  his  sounding  bowels  move 
To  his  afflicted  foes. 

3  When  they  are  sick,  his  soul  complains) 
And  seems  to  feel  the  smart  j 
The  spirit  of  the  gospel  reigns, 
And  melts  his  pious  heart. 

3  How  did  his  flowing  tears  condole) 
As  for  a  brother  dead  I 
And  fasting,  mortified  'his   soul, 
While  for  their  life  he  pray'd* 

H 


€6  PSALM     XXXVI. 

4  They  groan'd,  and  cursed  him  on  their  bed, 

Yet  still  he  pleads  and  mourns  ; 
And  double  blessings  on  his  head 
The  righteous  God  returns. 

5  O    glorious  type  of  heavenly  grace  I 

Thus  Christ,  the  Lord,    appears  ; 
.While  sinners  curse,  the  Saviour  prays., 
And  pities  them  with  tears. 

6  He,  the  true  David,  Israel's  King, 

Bless'd   and  beloved  of  God, 
To  save  us,  rebels,  dead  in  sin, 
Paid  his  own  dearest  blood. 


PSALM     XXXVI.     L.  I\I.  (^) 

Ver.  5 — 9.       The  Perfection    and  Providence    of  God  . 
or,  general  Providence  and  special   Grace, 

1  "OIGI-I  in   the  heavens,  eternal  God  ! 
■•"-«■  Thy  goodness  in  full  glory  shines  ; 
Thy  truth  shall  break  through  every  cloud 
That  veils  and  darkens  thy  designs. 

2  Forever  firm  thy  justice  stands, 

As  mountains  their  foundations  keep  ; 
Wise  are  the  wonders  of  thy  hands  ; 
Thy  judgments  are  a  mighty  deep. 

!  Thy  providence   is  kind  and  large, 
Both  man  and  beast  thy  bounty  share.; 
The  whole  creation  is  thy  charge, 
But  saints  are  thy  peculiar  care. 

4  My  God,    how  excellent   thy  grace, 

Whence  all  our  hope  and  comfort  springs d 
The  sons  of  Adam  in  distress 
Fly  to  the  shadow  of  thy  wings. 

o  From  the  provisions  of  thy  house 
We  shall  be  fed  with   sweet  repast  ; 
There  mercy,  like  a  river,  flows, 
And  brings  salvation  to  our  taste. 

6  Life,  like  a  fountain,  rich  and  free, 

Springs  from  the  presence  of  my  Lord  j 
And  in  thy  light  our  souls  shall  see 
The  glories  promised  in  thy  word. 


psalSi   xxxvi.  s        sr 


PSALM     XXXVI.     C.  M.  (  X  ) 

Ver.    1,   2,     5,  6,  7,  9.     Practical  Atheism    exposed;  on 
the  Being  and  Attributes  of  God  asseitccl. 
'HILE  men  grow  bold  in  wicked  waj;s, 
And  yet  a  God  they  own, 
My  heart  within  me  often  says, 

"  Their  thoughts  believe  there's  done." 

2  Their  thoughts  and  ways  at  once  declare, 

(Whate'er  their  lips  profess) 
P  God  hath  no  wrath  for  them  to  fear, 
«  Nor  will  they  seek  his  grace/' 

3  What  strange  self-flattery  blinds  their  eyes  i 

But  there's  a  hastening  hour, 
When  they  shall  see,  with  sore  surprise? 
The  terrours  of  thy  power. 

4  Thy  justice  shall  maintain  its  throne, 

Though   mountains  melt  away  ; 
Thy  judgments  are    a  world  unknown; 
A  deep,  unfathom'd  sea. 

&  Above  these  heaven-created  rounds,, 
Thy  mercies,  Lord,  extend  ; 
Thy  truth  outlives  the  narrow  bounds, 
Where  time  and  nature  end. 

6  Safety  to  man  thy  goodness  brings, 

Nor  overlooks  the  beast  : 
Beneath  the  shadow  of  thy  wings 
Thy  children    choose  to  rest. 

7  (From  thee,   when  creature-streams  run  fow,. 

And  mortal  comforts  die, 
Perpetual  springs  of  life  shall  flow, 
And  raise  our  pleasures  high. 

8  Though  all  created  light  decay, 

And  death  close  up  our  eyes, 
Thy  presence  makes  eternal  day, 
Where  clouds  can  never  rise.) 


PSALM     XXXVI.     S.  M.  (  fc>  ) 

Ver.  1—7.      The  Wickedness  of  Man ,  and  the  Majesty  vf 
God  ;  or,  practical  Atheism  exposed. 

'HEN  man  grows  bold  in  sin, 
My  heart  within  me  cries, 


*8  PSALM    XXXV1L 


"He  hath  no  faith  of  God  within, 
"  Nor  fear  before  his  eyes.'* 

(He  walks  a  while  conceal'il 
In  a  self-flattering  dream, 

Till  his  dark  crimes,  at  once  reveal*!? 
Expose  his  hateful   name.) 
His  heart  is  false  and  foul, 
His  words  are  smooth  and  fair  t 

Wisdom  is  banish'd  from  his  soul, 
And  leaves  no  goodness  there. 

He  plots  upon  his  bed, 
New  mischiefs  to  fulfil  ; 
He   sets  his  heart,  his  hand*  his  head* 
To  practise  aid  that's  ill. 

But  there's  a  dreadful  God, 
Though  men  renounce  his-  fear  $ 
His  justice,  hid  behind  the  cloudj 
Shall  one  great  day  appear. 

His  truth  transcends  the  sky  ; 
In  heaven  his  mercies  dwell  ; 
Deep  as  the  sea   his  judgments  lie} 
His  anger  burns  to  hell. 

How  excellent  his  love  ! 
Whence  all  our  safety  springs  $ 
O  never  let  my  soul  remove 
From  underneath  his  wings  1 


PSALM    XXXVII.     1st  Part.    CM.     (fc) 

Ver.   1  —  15. 

The  Cure  of  Envy,  Fret/ulness  and  Unbelief;  or,  the  Re- 
wards of  the  Righteous  and  the  Wicked  ;  or^  the  World** 
Hatred,  and  the  Saint's  Patience. 

|  "ttJ\THY  should  I  vex  my  soul,  and  fret 
n       To  see  the  wicked  rise  ? 
Or  envy  sinners,  waxing  great 
By  violence  and  lies  ? 

$  As  flowery  grass  cut  down  at  noon- 
Before   the  evening  fades, 
So  shall  their  glories  vanish   soon 
Jn  everlasting  shades. 


PSALM     XXXVII.  89 

f  '       '  *  —  — = 

3  Then  let  me  make  the  Lord  my  trust) 

And  practise  all  that's  good  ; 
So  shall  I  dwell  among  the  just,, 
And  he'll  provide  me  food. 

4  I  to  my  God  my  ways  commit, 

And  cheerful  wait  his  will  ; 
Thy  hand,  which  guides  my  doubtful  feejy 
Shall  my  desires  fulfil. 

5  Mine  innocence  shalt  thou  display, 

And  make  thy  judgments  known, 
Fair  as  the  light  of  dawning  day, 
And  glorious  as  the  noon. 

6  The  meek,  at  last,  the  earth  posses^. 
And  are   the  heirs  of  heaven  : 

True  riches  with  abundant  peace^ 
To  humble  souls  are  given. 

PAUSE. 

7  Rest  in  the  Lord,  and  keep  his  way, 

Nor  let  your  anger  rise, 
Though  Providence  should  long  delay 
To  punish  haughty  vice. 

8  Let  sinners  join  to  break  your  peace, 

And  plot,  and  rage,  and  foam  ; 

The  Lord  derides  them,  for  he  sees 

Their  day  of  vengeance  come. 

9  They  have  drawn  out  the  threatening  sword, 

Have  bent  the  murderous  bow, 
To  slay  the  men,  who  fear  the  Lord, 
And  bring  the  righteous  low. 

10  My  God  shall  break  their  bows,  and   burn 

Their   persecuting  darts  ; 
Shall  their  own  swords  against  them  turn, 
And  pain  surprise  their  hearts. 


PSALM    XXXVtr.     2d  part      CM.     (  b  ) 

Vcr.  16,  21,  26 — 31.      Charity  to  the  Poor  ;  or,  Religion, 
in  Words  and  Deeds. 

1  *OT*HY  do  the  wealthy  wicked  boQ5l> 
*  Y    And  grow  profanely  bold  I 
H2 


90 PSALM    XXXVII. 

The  meanest  portion  of  the  just 
Excels  the  sinner's  gold. 

3  The  wicked  borrows  of  his  friends, 
But  ne'er  designs  to  pay  j 
The  saint  is  merciful,  and  lends, 
Nor  turns  the  poor  away. 

5  His  alms,  with  liberal  heart,  he  givds 
Among    the    sons  of  need  ; 
His  mem'ry  to  long  ages  lives-, 
And  blessed  is  his  seed. 

4  His  lips  abhor  to  talk  profane, 

To  slander  or  defraud  ; 
His  ready  tongue  declares  to  meij 
What  he  has  learn'd  of  God. 

5  The  law  and  gospel  of  the  Lord 

Deep  in  his  heart  abide  ; 
Led  by  the  Spirit  and  the  word, 
His  feet  shall  never  slide. 

€  When  sinners  fall,  the  righteous  stanja, 
Preserved    from  every    snare  ; 
They  shall  possess  the  promised  land, 
And  dwell  forever  there. 


PSALM    XXXVII.     3d  Part.     C.  M.       (  *  ) 

Ver.  23—37.     The   Way  and  End  of  the  RighteoiHi  and 
the  Wicked. 

•W-"-  Are  order'd  by  thy  will  ; 
Though  they  should   fall,  they  rise  again  ; 
Thy  hand  supports  tiiem  still. 

2  The  Lord  delights  to  see  their  ways, 

Their  virtue  he  approves  : 
He'll  ne'er  deprive   them  of  his  grace, 
Nor  leave  the  men  he  loves. 

3  The  heavenly  heritage  is  theirs, 

Their  portion  and  their   home  ; 
He  feeds  them  now,  and  makes  them  hei^S 
Of  blessings    long  to  come'. 

4  Wait  on  the  Lord,  ye   sons  of  men, 

Nor  fear  when  tyrants  frown  j 


psalm  xxxviii.  n 


Ye  shall  confess  their  pride  was  vain, 
When  justice  casts  them  down. 
PAUSE. 

5  The  haughty  sinner  have   I  seen, 

Not  fearing  man  nor  God, 
Like  a  tall  bay-tree,  fair  and   green, 
Spreading  his  arms  abroad. 

6  And  lo,  he  vanish'd  from  the  ground, 

Destroy'd  by  hands  unseen  j 
Nor  root,   nor  branch,  nor   leaf  was  found, 
Where  all  that  pride  had  been. 

7  But  mark  the  man   of  righteousness, 

His  several  steps  attend  ; 
True  pleasure  runs  through   all  his  ways, 
And  peaceful  is  his  end. 


PSALM    XXXVIII.     CM.  (b) 

BmU  of  Conscience  and  Relief;  or,   Befientance  and  Pray- 
er for  Pardon  and  Health, 

1  A  MIDST  thy  wrath  remember  love, 
■^  Restore  thy  servant,  Lord  ; 

Nor  let  a  father's  chastening  prove 
Like  an  avenger's  sword. 

2  Thine  arrows  stick  within  ^  my  heart, 

My  flesh  is  sorely  press'u  ; 
Between  the  sorrow  and  the  smart, 
My  spirit  finds  no  rest. 

3  My  sins  a  heavy  load   appear, 

And   o'er  my  head  are  gone  ; 
Too  heavy  they  for  me  to  bear, 
Too  hard  for  me  t'  atone. 

4  My  thoughts  are  like  a  troubled  sea, 

My  head  still  bending  down  ; 
And  I  e;o  mourning  all  the   day 
Beneath  my   Father's   frown. 

5  Lord,  I  am  weak  and  broken  sore, 

None  of  my  powers  are   whole  ; 
?he  inward  anguish  makes  me  roar, 
The  anguish  of  my  soul. 


52  PSALM    XXXIX. 


=5 


6  All  my  desire  to  thee  is  known, 

Thine  eye  counts  every  tear  ; 
And  every  sigh,  and  every  groan 
Is  noticed  by  thine  ear. 

7  Thou  art  my   God,  my  only  hope3 

-My    God  will  hear  my  cry, 

My  God  will  bear  my  spirit  up 

When  Satan  bids  me  die. 

S  (My  foot  is  ever  apt  to  slide, 
My  foes  rejoice  to  see't  ; 
They  raise  their  pleasure  and  their  pride  $, 
When   they  supplant  my  feet. 

9  But  I'll  confess  my  guijt  to   thee, 

And  grieve  for  all  my  sin  ; 
I'll  mourn   how  weak  my   graces  be*. 
And  beg   support  divine. 

10  My  God,  forgive  my  follies  past, 

And  be  forever  nigh  ; 
O  Lord  of  my  salvation,  haste, 
Before  thy  servant  die.). 


PSALM    XXXIX.     1st  Part.     CM.     (    b) 

"Ver.  1,  2,  3.      Watchfulness  over  the   Tongue;   or,  Pru, 
dence  and  Zeal. 

I  Pip  M  US    I  resolved  before  the  Lord, 
«**•   '»Now  will  I  watch  my   tongue, 
"  Lest  I   let  slip  one  sinful  word, 
"  Or  do  my  neighbour  wrong." 

S  And  if  I'm  e'er  constraint  to   stay 
With  men  of  lives  profane, 
I'll  set  a  doublt  guard  that  day, 
Nor  let  my  talk  be    vain. 

3  I'll  scarce  allow  my  lips  to  speak 

The  pious  thoughts   I   feel, 
Lest  scoifevs  should  th'  occasion  take- 
To  mock  my  holy    zeai. 

4  Yet  if  some  proper  hour  appear* 

I'll  not  be   over-awed, 
But  let  the  scoffing  sinners  hear. 
That  1  can  speak  for  God. 


PSALM  XXXIX.  95 


PSALM     XXXIX.     2d  Part.     C.  M.       ( b  ) 

Ver.  4 7,     The  Vanity  of  Man,  as  Morta% 

%  PTHEACH  me  the  measure  of  my  days* 
-"■    Thou  Maker  of  my  frame  ! 
I  would  survey  life's  narrow  space, 
And  learn  how  frail  I  am. 

2  A  span  is  all  that  we  can  boast,' 
An  inch  or  two  of  time  ; 
Man  is  but  vanity  and  dust, 
In  all  his  flower  and   prime. 
S  See  the  vain  race  of  mortals   move. 
Like  shadow's  o'er  the  plain  ; 
They  rage  and  strive,  desire   and  love, 
But  all  their  noise  is   vain. 

4  Some  walk  in  honour's  gaudy  show, 

Some  dig  for  golden  ore  ; 
They  toil  tor  heirs,  they  know  not  who. 
And  straight  are   seen   no  more. 

5  What   should  I  wish,  or  wait  for  then, 

From  creatures,  earth,  and  dust  ? 
They  make  our  expectations  vain, 
And  disappoint   our  trust. 

6  Now  I  forbid  my  carnal  hops, 

My   fond  desires   recall  ; 
I  give  my  mortal  interest  up, 
And  make  my  God  my  all. 


PSALM    XXXIX.     3d.  part,     C.  M.     (   b  ) 
Ver.    9—13.     Sick-bed  Devotion  ;    or,  Pleading    without 
Repining. 

1  ft  OD  of  my  life,  look  gently  down, 
^JT  Behold  the  pains  I  feel  ; 

But  I  am  dumb  before  thy  throne, 
Nor  dare  dispute  thy  will. 

2  Diseases  are  thy  servants,  Lord  ; 

They  come  at  thy  command  ; 

I'll  not  attempt  a  murmuring  word 

Against   thy  chastening  hand, 


94  PSALM    XL. 


o  Yet    I   may  plead  with  humble  cries, 
"  Remove  thy  sharp    rebukes  ;" 
My  strength  consumes,  my  spirit  dies, 
Through  thy  repeated  strokes. 

4  Crush'd,  as  a  moth  beneath  thy  hand, 

We   moulder  to  the  dust  ; 
Our  feeble  powers  can  ne'er  withstand? 
And  all  our  beauty's  lost. 

5  (This  mortal  life  decays  apace, 

How  soon  the  bubble's  broke  ! 
Adam  and  all   his  numerous  race 
Are  vanity  and  smoke.) 

6  I'm  but  a  sojourner  below. 

As  all  my  fathers  were  ; 
>Iay  I  be  well  prepared  to  go,- 
When  I  the  summons  hear. 

7  But  if  my  life  be    spared  awhile, 

Before  my  last  remove, 
Thy  praise  shall  be  my  business  st'l!, 
And  I'll  declare  thy  love. 


PSALM  XL.       1st  part.     C  M.        (  %  ) 

Ver.   1,  2,  3,.  5,  17.     A  Song  of  Deliverance  from  great 
Distress. 

1  7T  WAITED  patient  for  the   Lord  ; 
*  He  bow'd  to  hear  my  cry  ; 
He  saw  me  resting  on  his  word, 

And  brought   salvation  nigh. 

2  He  raised  me  from  a  horrid  pit, 

Where  mourning  long  I  lay  ; 
And  from  my  bonds  released  my  feet. 
Deep  bonds  of  miry  clay. 

3  Firm  on  a  rock  he  made   me  stand, 

And  taught  my  cheerful  tongue 
To  praise  the  wonders  of  his  hand, 
In   a  new  thanktul  song. 

4  I'll  spread  his  works  of  grace  abroad  ;: 

The   saints  with  joy  shall  hear, 
And   sinners  learn  to  make  my  God 
Their  only  hope   and  fear. 


PSALM    XL.  95 


5  How  many  are   thy  thoughts  of  love  I 
Thy  mercies,  Lord,  how  great  ! 
We   have  not  words  nor  hours  enough 
Their  numbers  to  repeat. 

§  When  I'm  afflicted,  poor  and  low, 
And  light  and  peace  depart, 
My  God  beholds  my  heavy  wo, 
And  bears  me  on  his  heart. 


PSALM     XL.      2d  part.      C.  M.         (  *  ) 

\Ver.  6 — 9.     The  Incarnation  and  Sacrifice  of  Chrk:, 

j  PTpHUS  saith  the  Lord,  "Your  work  is  vain, 
»"•  "  Give  your  burnt  offerings  o'er  ; 
■  In  dying  goats  and  bullocks  slain 
"  My  soul  delights  no   more." 

.2  Then  spake  the  Saviour,  "  Lo,  I'm  here, 
"  My  God,  to  do  thy  will  ; 
«Whate'er  thy  sacred  books  declare, 
"  Thy  servant  shall  fulfil. 

;?>  "Thy  law  is  ever  in   my  sight, 
"  I  keep  it  near  my  heart  ; 
"  Mine  ears  are  open'd  with  delight 
"  To  what  thy  lips  impart," 

A  And  see,  the  blest  Redeemer  comes! 
Tl\'  eternal  Son  appears  1 
And  at  th'  appointed  time  asumes* 
The  body  God  prepares. 

5  Much   he  reyeal'd  his  Father's  grace* 
And  much  his  truth    he  shew'd, 
And  preach'd  the  way  of  righteousness, 
Where  great  assemblies  stood. 

■  6  His  Father's   honour  touch'd  his  heart. 
He  pitied  sinners'  cries, 
And,    to  fulfil  a  Saviour's  part, 
Was  made  a  sacrifice. 

PAUSE. 
.7  No  blood  of  beasts,  on  altars  shed. 

Could  wash  the  conscience  clean  ; 
But  the  rich  sacrifice  he  paid 
Atones  for  ail  our  sin. 


96  TSALM    XL,   XLT, 


«  Then  was  the  great  salvation  spread, 
And   Satan's  kingdom    shook ; 
Thus  by  the  woman's  promised  seed 
The  serpent's   head  was  broke. 


PSALM     XL.     L.  M.  (#) 

Ver.  5 — 10.      Christ  our   Sacrifice. 
\  PTpHE  wonders,  Lord,  thy  love  has  wrought, 
-*■    Exceed  our  praise,  surmount  our  thought  i 
Should  I  attempt  the  long  detail, 
My  speech  would  faint,  my  numbers  fail. 

2  No  blood  of  beasts  on  altars  spilt, 

Can  cleanse  the  souls  of  men  from  guilt ; 
But  thou   hast  set  before  our  eyes 
An  all-sufficient  sacrifice. 

3  Lo ,  thine  eternal  Son  appears  ! 
To  thy  desires  he  bows  his  ears  ; 
Assumes  a  body  well  prepared, 
And  well  performs  a  work  so  hard. 

4  "  Behold,  I  come,"  (the  Saviour  cries, 
With  love  and  duty  in   his  eyes) 

"  I  come  to   bear   the  heavy    load 
«  Of  sins,  and  do  thy  will,  my  God. 

5  "  'Tis  written  in  thy  great  decree, 
"  'Tis  in  thy  book  foretold  of  me, 
"  I  must  fulfil  the  Saviour's  part  ; 
«  And  lo  ]  thy  law  is  in  my  heart; 

6  "  I'll  magnify  thy  holy  law, 

a  And  rebels  to  obedience  draw, 

«  When  on    my  cross  I'm  jifted  high, 

Ci  Or  to  my  crown  above  the   sky. 

7  "  The  Spirit  shall  descend  and  show 

"  What  thou  hast  done,  and  what  I  do  ; 

"  The  wondering  world  shall  learn  thy  grace, 

"Thy  wisdom,  and  thy  righteousness." 


PSALM     XLI.     L.  M.  (*) 

Ver.  1,2,  3.    Chanty  to  the  Poor  ;  or  r>ity  to  the  Afflicted* 
f  "OLEST  is  the  man,  whose  bowels  move» 
■^  And  melt  with  pity  to  the  poor  ; 


PSALM    XLII..  97 


Whose  soul,  by    sympathizing  love, 
Feels  what  his  fellow-saints  endure. 

2  His  heart  contrives  for  their  relief 
More  good  than  his  own  hands  can  do  ; 
He,  in  the  time  of  general  grief, 

Shall  find  the  Lord  has  bowels  too. 

3  His  soul  shall  live  secure  on  earth, 
With  secret  blessings  on  his  head, 
When  drought,  and  pestilence,  and  dearth 
Around   him  multiply  their  dead. 

4  Or,  if  he  languish  on  his  couch, 
God  will  pronounce  his  sins  forgiven, 
Will  save  him   with  a  healing  touch-, 
Or  take  his  willing  soul  to  heaven. 


PSALM    XLII.     CM.  (*orb) 

Ver.  1 — 5.     Desertion  and  Hope  ;    or,   Complaint  of  Ab- 
sence from  Public  Worship. 

1  "OlHTH  earnest  longings  of  the  mind, 

V  v     My  God,  to  thee  I  look  ; 

So  pants  the  hunted  hart  to  find, 

And  taste  the  cooling  brook. 

2  When  shall  I  see  thy  courts  of  grace? 

And  meet  my  God  again  ? 
So  long  an  absence  from  thy  face 
My  heart  endures  with  pain. 

3  Temptations  vex  my  weary  soul, 

And  tears  are  my  repast ; 
The  foe  insults  without  control, 
"  And  where's  your  God  at  last  lr* 

4  'Tis  with   a  mournful  pleasure  now, 

I  think  on   ancient   days  ; 
Then   to  thy  house  did  numbers  go, 
And  all  our  work  was  praise. 

-5  But  why's  my  soul  sunk  down  so  far 
Beneath  this  heavy  load  ? 
Why    do  my  thoughts  indulge  despair, 
And  sin    against  my  God  I 

I 


93  PSALM     XLII,    XLIV. 


6  Hope  in  the  Lord,  whose  mighty  hand 
Can  all  my   woes  remove  ; 
For  I  shall  yet  before  him  stand, 
And  sing  restoring  love. 


PSALM    XLII.     L.  M.        (  %  or  b  ) 

Ver.  6— 11.     Melancholy    Thoughts  reproved;    or,  Hops 
in  yJJfliction. 

*  TX/ITY  spirit  sinks  within  me,  Lord, 
-*•*-**  But  I  will  call  thy  name  to  mind, 
And  times  of  past  distress  record, 
When  I  have  found  my  God  was  kind* 

2  Huge  troubles,  with  tumultuous  noise, 
Swell,  like  a  sea,  and  round  me  spread  > 
Thy  water-spouts   drown  all  my  joys, 

And  rising  waves  roll  o'er  my  head. 

3  Yet  will  the  Lord  command  his  love, 
When  I  address  his  throne  by  day  ; 
Nor  in  the  night  his  grace  remove  ; 
The  night  shall  hear  me  sing  and  pray. 

4  I'll  cast  myself  before  his  feet, 

And  say,  u  My  God,  my  heavenly  Rock  I 

"  Why  doth  thy  love  so  long  forget 

"  The  soul  that  groans  beneath  thy  stroke  2" 

5  I'll  chide  my  heart  that  sinks  so  low  : 
Why  should  my  soul  indulge  her  grief  ? 
Hope  in  the  Lord,  and  praise    him  too  : 
He  is  my  rest,  my  sure  relief, 

6  Thy  light  and  truth  shall  guide  me  still  ; 
Thy  word  shall  my  best  thoughts  employ, 
And  lead  me  to  thine  holy  hill, 

My  God,  my  most  exceeding  joy  ! 


PSALM     XLIV.     C.  M.  (  b  ) 

Vev.    1,  2,  3,  8,    15—26.        The    Church's    Complaint  in 

Persecution, 

}  "J^P^*  we  have  heard  thy  works  ot  old* 
-tt-4  Thy  works  of  power  and  grace, 


PSALM    XLIV.  99 


When  to  our  ears  our  fathers  told 
The  wonders  oi  their  days. 

2  How  thou  didst  build  thy  churches  herejj 

And  make  thy   gospel  known  ; 
Amongst  them  did  thine  arm  appear, 
Thy  light  and  glory  shone. 

3  In  God  they  boasted  all  the  day  ; 

And  in  a  cheerful  throng 
Did  thovisands  meet  to  praise  and  pray, 
And  grace  was  all  their  song. 

4  But  now  our  souis  are  seized  with  sham£, 

Confusion  fills  our  face, 
To  hear  the  enemy  blaspheme, 
And  fools  reproach  thy  grace* 

5  Yet  have  we  not  forgot  our  God, 

Nor  falsely  dealt  with  Heaven  : 
Nor  have  our  steps  declined  the  road 
Of  duty  thou  hast  given. 

6  Though  dragons  all  around  us  roar 

With  their  destructive  breath, 
And  thine  own  hand  has  bruised  us  sor^, 
Hard  by  the  gates  of  death. 

PAUSE. 

7  We  are  exposed  all  day  to  die 

As  martyrs  for  thy  cause, 
As  sheep,  for  slaughter  bound,  we  liCj 
By  sharp  and  bloody  laws. 

h  Awake,  arise,  almighty  Lord  1 

Why  sleeps  thy  wonted  grace  ? 
Why  should  we  look  like  men  abhorr'd. 
Or  banish'd  from  thy  face  ? 

9  Wilt  thou  forever  cast  us  off, 

And  still  neglect  our  cries  ? 
Forever  hide  thy  heavenly  love 
From  our  afflicted  eyes  ? 

10  Down  to  the  dust  our  soul  is  bow'd; 

And  dies  upon  the  ground  ; 
Rise  for  our  help,  rebuke  the  proud> 
And  all  their  powers  confound. 


100  FSALM     XLV. 


1 1  Redtem  us  from  perpetual  shame, 
Our  Saviour  and  our  God ; 
We  plead  the  honours  of  thy  name, 
The  merits  of  thy  blood, 


PSALM  XLV.     S.  M.  (*) 

The  Glory  of  Christ  ;  the  Success  of  the  Gos/iel ;  <pid  t?& 
Gentile  Church, 

\    TVlF^r  ^av'our  an^  my  King, 

lvJl  ^hy  beauties  are  divine  ; 
Thy  lips  with  blessings  overflow, 
And  every  grace  is  thine. 

2  Now  make  thy  giory  known  ; 
Gird  on  thy  dreadful  sword, 

And  ride  in  majesty,  to  spread 
The  conquests  of  thy  word. 

3  Strike  through  thy  stubborn  foes, 
Or  melt  their  hearts  t*  obey  ; 

While  justice,  meekness,  grace  and  truth 
Attend  thy  glorious  way. 

4  Thy  laws,  O  God,  are  right  ; 
Thy  throne  shall  ever  stand  ; 

And  thy  victorious  gospel  proves 
A  sceptre  in  thy  hand. 

5  (Thy  Father  and  thy  God 
Hath  without  measure  shed 

His  spirit,  like  a  joyful  oil, 
T*  anoint  thy  sacred  head.) 

6  (Behold,  at  thy  right  hand 
The  Gentile  church  is  seen, 

Like  a  fair  bride  in  rich  attire, 
And  princes  guard  the  queen.) 

7  Fair  bride,  receive  his  love  : 
Forget  thy  father's  house  ; 

Forsake  thy  gods,  thy  idol  gods, 
And  pay  thy  Lord  thy  vows. 

§       O  let  thy  God  and  King 

Thy  sweetest  thoughts  employ  ! 
Thy  children  shall  his  honour  sing- 
In  palaces  of  joy. 


PSALM    XLV,  101 


PSALM     XLV.     CM.  (  X  ) 

The  personal  Glories  and  Government  of  Christ, 

1  IT'LL  speak  the  honours  of  my  King  ; 
■"-  iiis  form,  divsnely  fair; 

None  of  the  sons  of  mortal  race 
May  with  the  Lord  compare. 

2  Sweet  is  thy  speech,  and  heavenly  grace 

Upon  thy  lips  is  shed  : 
Thy  God  with  blessings  infinite 
Hath  crown'd  thy  sacred  head. 

3  Gird  on  thy  sword,  victorious  Prince  1 

Ride  with  majestic  sway  ; 
Thy  terrour  shall  strike  through  thy  foes, 
And  make  the  world  obey. 

4  Thy  throne,  O  God,  forever  stands  ; 

Thy  Word  of  grace  shall  prove 
A  peaceful  sceptre  in  thy  hands, 
To  rule  thy  saints  by  love. 

5  Justice  and  truth  attend  thee  still, 

But  mercy  is  thy  choice  ; 
And  God,  thy  God,  thy  soul  shall  fill, 
With  most  peculiar  joys. 


PSALM    XLV.     1st  part.     L.  M.        (  %  ) 

The  Glory  of  Christy  and  Power  of  his  Gosfiek 

1  T^JOW  be  my  heart  inspired  to  sing 
-*-^    The  glories  ot  my  Saviour  King, 
Jesus,  the  Lord,  how  heavenly  fair 
His  form  !  how  bright  his  beauties  are  ! 

2  O'er  all  the  sons  of  human  race 
He  shines  with  a  superior  grace  ; 
Love  from  his  lips  divinely  flows, 
And  blessings  all  his  state  compose. 

3  Dress  thee  in  arms,   most  mighty  Lord  I 
Gird  on  the  terrour  of  thy  sword  ! 

In  majesty  and  glory  ride, 

With  truth  and  meekness  at  thy  side. 

4  Thine  anger,  like  a  pointed  dart, 
Shall  pierce  the  foes  of  stubborn  heart  \ 

\% 


102  PSALM     XLV. 


Or  words  of  mercy,  kind  and  sweet, 
Shall  melt  the  rebels  at  thy  feet. 

6  Thy  throne,  O  God,  forever  stands, 
Grace  is  the  sceptre  in  thy  hands  ; 
Thy  laws  and  works  are  just  and  rights 
Justice  and  grace  are  thy  delight. 

6  God,  thine  own  God,  has  richly  shed 
His  oil  of  gladness  on  thy  head, 
And  with  his  sacred  Spirit  blest 
His  first-born  Son  above  the  rest. 


PSALM   XLV.     2d  Part.     L.  M.         (  &  ) 
Christ  and  hi*  Church  ;  or,  the  mystical  Marridge]* 

}  npHE  King  of  Saints,  how  fair  his  face, 
-"•    Adorn'd  with  majesty  and  grace  I 
He  comes  with  blessings  from  above, 
And  wins  the  nations  to  his  love. 

P  At  his  right  hand,  our  eyes  behold 
The  queen,  array'd  in  purest  gold  : 
The  world  admires  her  heavenly  dress  | 
Her  robe  of  joy  and  righteousness. 

•3  He  forms  her  beauties  like  his  own, 
He  calls  and  seats  her  near  his  throne  ; 
Fair  stranger,  let  thine  heart  forget 
The  idols  of  thy  native  state. 

*i  So  shall  the  King  the  more  rejoice 
In  thee,  the  favourite  of  his  choicer 
Let  him  be  loved  and  yet  adored, 
Tor  he's  thy  Maker  and  thy  Lord. 

35  O  happy  hour,  wl>en  thou  shalt  rise 
To  his  fair  palace  in  the  skies, 
And  all  thy  sons,  (a  numerous  train) 
Each,  like  a  prince,  in  glory  reign. 

£  Let  endless  honours  crown  his  head  j 
Let  every  age  his  praises  spread  ; 
While  we,  with  cheerful  songs,  approve 
The  condescensions  of  his  love, 


PSALM     XLVI.  \03 

_  - —  m 

PSALM    XLVi.      1st  Part.     L.  M.      t*) 
The  Church's  Safety  and   Triumph  among  Kadonal  Deso* 
lations. 

1  4T*  OD  is  the  refuge  of  his  saints, 

^-H"  When  storms  of  sharp  distress  invade  ; 
Ere  we  can  offer  our  complaints, 
Behold  him  present  with  his  aid. 

2  Let  mountains  from  their  seats  be  harl'd 
Down  to  the  deep,  and  buried  there  ; 
Convulsions  shake  the  solid  world  ; 
Our  faith  shall  never  yield  to  fear. 

3  Loud  may  the  troubled  ocean  roar  ; 
In  sacred  peace  our  souls  abide, 
While  every  nation,  every  shore, 
Trembles,  and  dreads  the  swelling  tide,. 

4  There  is  a  stream,  whose  gentle  flow 
Supplies  the  city  of  our  God  ; 

Life,  love,  and  joy  still  gliding  through. 
And  watering  our  divine  abode. 

5  That  sacred  stream,  thine  holy  word, 
That  all  our  raging  fear  controls  : 
Sweet  peace  thy  promises  afford, 

And  give  new  strength  to  failing  soulf. 

6  Zion  enjoys  our  Monarch's  love, 
Secure  against  a  threatening  hour   ; 
Nor  can  her  firm  foundations  move, 
Built  on  his  truth,  and  arm*d  with  power. 


PSALM    XLVI.     2d  Part      L.  M.        (  ^  ) 
God  fights  for  his  Church, 
1  V   ET  Zion  in  her  King  rejoice, 
^  Though  tyrants  rage,  and  kingdoms  rise  , 
He  utters  bis  almighty  voice, 
The  nations  melt,  the  tumult  dies. 
B  The  Lord  of  old  for  Jacob  fought, 
And  Jacob's  God  is  still  our  aid  : 
Behold  the  works  his  hands  have  wrought* 
What  desolations  he  has  made  I 

3  From  sea  to  sea,  through  all  the  shore?. 
He  makes  the  noise  of  battle  cease  ; 


K)4  PSALM     XLVII. 


V\  hen  from  on  high  his  thunder  ro 
He  awes  the  trt  ntbling  world  to  peace. 

4  He  breaks  the  oow,  he  cuts  the  spear, 
Cnariots  he  b;*i r.s  with  heavenly  flame  ; 
Keep  silence,  aii  the  earth,  and  hear 
The  sound  and  glory  of  nis  name. 

5  "  Be  still,  and  learn  that   I  am  God, 
u  I'll  be  exalted  o'er  the  lands  ; 

"  I  will  be  known  and  iear'd  abroad, 
"  But  still  my  throne  in  Zion  stands. " 

$  O  Lord  of  hosts,  almighty  King, 

While  we  so  near  thy  presence  dwell* 
Our  faith  shall  sit  secure,  and  sjng 
Defiance  to  the  gates  of  hell. 

PSALM     XLVII.     C.  M.  ( 

Christ  Ascending  and  Rdgnhig. 

1  /Oy  FOR  a  shout  of  sacred  joy 
^-^  To  God,  the  sovereign  King  ! 
Let  every  land  their  tongues  employ, 

And  hymns  of  triumph  sing. 

2  Jesus,  our  God,  ascends  on  high  I 

His  heavenly  guards  around 
Attend  him  rising  through  the  sky, 
With  trumpet's  joyful  sound. 

3  While  angels  shout  and  praise  their  King, 

Let  mortals  learn  their  strains  : 
Let  all  the  earth  his  honour  sing  ; 
O'er  all  the  earth  he  reigns. 

4  Rehearse  his  praise  with  awe  profound  | 

Let  knowledge  lead  the  song  ; 
Nor  mock  him  with  a  solemn  sound 
Upon  a  thoughtless  tongue. 

5  In  Israel  stood  his  ancient  throne, 

He  loved  that  chosen  race  ; 
But  now  he  calls  the  world  his  own? 
And  heathens  taste  his  grace. 

6  The  christian  nations  are  the  Lord's, 

There   Abraham's  God  is  known, 
While  powers  and  princes,  shields  and  sworcl3> 
Submit  before  his  thront* 


PSALM  XLVIIL  105: 


PSALM     XLVIIL      1st  Part.     S.  M.         (*) 

Ver.  I — 8.     The  Church  h  the   Honour   and   Safety    of  a 

Nation. 

1  ((jT*  PvEAT  is  the  Lord  our  God, 

^-^  And  let  his  praise  be  great  ; 
He  makes  his  churches  his  abode, 
His  most  delightful  seat. 

2  These  temples  of  his  grace, 
How  beautiful  they  stand  I 

The  honours  of  our    native  place* 
And  bulwarks  of  our  land.) 

3  In  Zion  God  is  known, 
A  refuge  in  distress  ; 

How  bright  has  his  salvation  shone 
Through  all  her  palaces  1 

4  When  kings  against  her  join'd, 
And  saw  the  Lord  was  there, 

In  wild  confusion  of  the  mind, 
They  fled  with  hasty  fear. 

5  When  navies,  tall  and  proud, 
Attempt  to  spoil  our  peace, 

He  sends  his   tempest,  roaring  loud> 

And  sinks  them  in  the  seas. 
£       Oft  have  our  fathers  told^ 

Our  eyes  have  often  seen, 
How  well  our  God  secures  the  fold 

Where  his  own  sheep  have  been. 

7      In   every  new  distress 

We'll  to  his  house  repair, 
We'll  think  upon  his  wondrous  gracc^ 
And  seek  deliverance  there. 


PSALM     XLVIIL     2d  Part.      S,  M.      (  *  ) 

Ver.  10 — 14.      The    Beauty  of  the    Church  ;    or,    Goapti 
JVorshi/i  and  Order. 

1        7TT1 AR.  as  thy  name  is  known 

™     The  world  declares  thy  praise  ; 
Thy  saints,  O  Lord,  before  thy  throne, 
Their  songs  of  honour  raise. 


105  PSALM    XLIX. 


With  joy  let  Judah  stand, 
On  Z ion's  chosen  hill, 
Proclaim  the  wonders  of  thy  han^, 
And  counsels  of  thy  will* 

Let  strangers  walk  around 
The  city  where  we  dwell, 
Compass  and  view  thine  holy  ground^ 
And  mark  the  building  well  ; 

The  orders  of  thy  house, 
The  worship  of  thy  court, 
The  cheerful  songs,  the  solemn  vowsj 
And  make  a  fair  report* 

How  decent  and  how  wise  I 
How  glorious  to  behold  ! 
Beyond  the  pomp  that  charms  the  eyes} 
And  rites  adorn 'd  with  gold. 

The  God  we  worship  now 
Will  guide  us  till  we  die, 
Will  be  our  God  while  here  below, 
And  ours  above  the  sky. 


PSALM    XLIX.     1st  Part.    CM.         (  fc  ) 

Ver,  6— 14.     Pride  and  Death  ;    or,   the    Vanity  of  Life 
and  Richer. 

1  "OTHY  doth  the  man  of  riches  grow 

'*      To  insolence  and  pride, 
To  see  his  wealth  and  honours  flow 
With  every  rising  tide  ? 

2  (Why  doth  he  treat  the  poor  with  scorn> 

Made  of  the  self-same  clay, 
And  boast  as  though  his  flesh  was  born 
Of  better  dust  than  they  ?) 

3  Not  all  his  treasures  can  procure 

His  soul  a  short  reprieve, 
Redeem  from  death  one  guilty  hour, 
Or  make  his  brother  live, 

4  (Life  is  a  blessing  can't  be  sold, 

The  ransom  is  too  high  ; 
Justice  will  ne'er  be  bribed  with  gold. 
That  man  may  never  die.) 


HMALM    XLIX.  1Q7 


5  He  sees  the  brutish  and  the  wise, 

The  timorous  and  the  brave 
Quit  their  possessions,  close  their  eye§, 
And  hasten  to  the  grave. 

6  Yet  'tis  his  inward  thought  and   pride, 

"  My  house  shall  ever  stand  ; 
"  And  that  my  name  may  long  abide, 
«  I'll  give  it  to  my  land/' 

7  Vain  are  his  thoughts,  his  hopes  are  lost  ; 

How  soon  his  memory  dies  ? 
His  name  is  written  in  the  dust, 
Where  his  own  carcass  lies. 
PAUSE. 
%  This  is  the  folly  of  their  way  ; 
And  yet  their  sons,  as  vain, 
Approve  the  words  their  fathers  say, 
And  act  their  works  again. 

•9  Men  void  of  wisdom  and  of  grace, 
If  honour  raise  them  high, 
Live,  like  the  beast,  a  thoughtless  race, 
And  like  the  beast  they  die. 

10  (Laid  in  the  grave,  like  silly  sheep, 
Death  feeds  upon  them  there, 
Till  the  last  trumpet  breaks  their  sleep, 
In  terrour  and  despair.) 


PSALM    XLIX,     2d  Part.     C.  M.     (  b  or  gg  ) 

Ver.  14,   15.     Death  and  the  Resurrection, 

1  ^J"F>  sons  of  pride,  who  hate  the  just, 

•**-    And  trample  on  the  poor, 
When  death  has  brought  you  down  to  dust, 
Your  pomp  shall  rise  no  more. 

2  The  last  great  day  shall  change  the  scene  ; 

When  wdl  that  hour  appear  ? 
When  shall  the  just  revive  and  reign 
O'er  all  who  scorn'd  them  here  ? 

3  God  will  my  naked  soul  receive, 

When  sep'rate  from  the  flesh  ; 
And  break  the  prison  of  the  grave:, 
To  raise  my  bones  afresh, 


:G8  PSALM    XL1X,    L, 


4  Heaven  is  my  everlasting  home  : 
Th'  inheritance  is  sure  : 
Let  men  of  pride  their  rage  resume, 
But  I'll  repine  no  moH. 


PSALM     XLIX.     L.  M.  (  b  } 

The  rich  Sinner's  Death,  and  the  Saint's  Resurrection, 

I    "OTHY  do  the  proud  insult  the  poor, 

▼  ▼     And  boast  the  large  estates  they  have  ? 
How  vain  are  riches  to  secure 
Their  haughty  owners  from  the  grave  I 

%  They  can't  redeem  one  hour  from  death, 
With  all  the  wealth,  in  which  they  trust, 
Xor  give  a  dying  brother  breath, 
When  God  commands  him  down  to  dust. 

3  There  the  dark  earth  and  dismal  shade 
Shall  clasp  their  naked  bodies  round  ; 
That  flesh,  so  delicately  fed, 

Lies  cold,  and  moulders  in  the  ground. 

4  Like  thoughtless  sheep  the  sinner  dies, 
Laid  in  the  grave  for  worms  to  eat  ; 
The  saints  shall  in  the  morning  rise, 
And  find  th'  oppressor  at  their  feet. 

5  His  honours  perish  in  the  dust, 

And  pomp  and  beauty,  birth  and  blood  > 
That  glorious  day  exalts  the  just 
To  full  dominion  o'er  the  proud. 

6  My  Saviour  shall  my  life  restore, 
And  raise  me  from  my  dark  abode  : 
My  flesh  and  soul  shall  part  no  more, 
But  dwell  forever  near  my  God. 


PSALM    L.    1st  Part.     C.  M.  (    b  ) 

yer.  1 — 6.      The  last  Judgment  ,•  or,  the  Saints  rewarded. 

A   Pip  HE  Lord,  the  judge,   before  his  throne 
-^-     Bids  the  whole  earth  draw  nigh  ; 
The  nations  near  the  rising  sun, 
And  near  the  western  sky. 

.2  No  more  shall  bold  blasphemers  say, 
"  Judgment  will  ne'er  begin  ;" 


PSALM*  L.  f09 


No  more  abuse  his  long  delay 
To  impudence  and  sin. 

3  Throned  on  a  cloud,  our  God  shall  come, 

Bright  flames  prepare  his  way  ; 
Thunder  and  darkness,  fire  and  storm, 
Lead  on  the  dreadful  day. 

4  Heaven  from  above  his  call  shall  hear, 

Attending  angels  come, 
And  earth  and  hell  shall  know  and  fear 
His  justice  and  their  doom. 

5  "  But  gather  all  my  saints,"  he  cries, 

"  Who  made  their  peace  with  God 
"  By  the  Redeemer's  sacrifice, 
"  And  seal'd  it  with  his  blood. 

-6  "  Their  faith  and  works,  brought  forth  to  lifrht^ 
"  Shall  make  the  world  confess 
"  My  sentence  of  reward  is  right, 
"  And  heaven  adore  my  grace." 


PSALM     L.      2d  part.      CM.         (  ^  $ 
Ver.     8,   10,   11,   14,  15,  23. 
Obedience  is  better  than  Sacrifice. 

\  TTHHUS  saith  the  Lord,  «  The  spacious  fields* 
«*■  "  And  flocks  and  herds  are  mine  j 
«  O'er  all  the  cattle  of  the  hills 
"  I  claim  a  right  divine. 

£  u  I  ask  no  sheep  for  sacrifice, 

"  Nor  bullocks  burnt  with  fire  ; 
11  To  hope  and  love,  to  pray  and  praise,. 
"  Is  all  that  I  require. 

Z  <*  Call  upon  me  when  trouble's  near, 
"  My  hand  shall  set  thee  free  ; 
«  Then  shall  thy  thankful  lips  declare 
"  The  honour  due  to  me. 

4  "  The  man,  who  offers  humble  praise* 
"  He  glorifies  me  best  ; 
"And  those,  who  tread  my  holy  ways, 
«  Shall  my  salvation  taste." 
K 


110  PSALM    L. 


PSALM    L.     3d  Part.     CM.         (  b  or  * ) 
Ver.  1,  5,  8,  16,  21,  22.     The  Judgment  of  Hypocrites. 

1  TOTHEN  Christ  to  judgment  shall  descend, 

*  v    And  saints  surround  their  Lord,        | 
He  calls  the  nations  to  attend, 
And  hear  his  awful  word. 

2  "  Not  for  the  want  of  bullocks  slain 

"  Will  I  the  world  reprove  ; 
"  Altars  and  rites  and  forms  are  vain, 
"Without  the  fire  of  love. 

3  «  And  what  have  hypocrites  to  do 

"  To  bring  their  sacrifice  ? 
«  They  call  my  statutes  just  and  true, 
"  But  deal  in  theft  and  lies. 

4  "  Could  you  expect  to  'scape  my  sight, 

"  And  sin  without  control  ? 
"  But  I  shall  bring  your  crimes  to  light, 
«  With  anguish  in  your  soul." 

5  Consider  ye,  who  slight  the  Lord, 

Before  his  wrath  appear  ; 
If  once  you  fall  beneath  his  sword, 
There's  no  deliverer  there. 


PSALM    L.     L.  M.  (  fe  ) 

Hypocrisy  exposed. 

1  TlpHE  Lord,  the  Judge,  his  churches  warns  ', 

-*■    Let  hypocrites  attend  and  fear, 
Who  place  their  hope  in  rites  and  forms, 
But  make  not  faith  nor  love  their  care. 

2  Vile  wretches  dare  rehearse  his  name 
With  lips  of  falshood  and  deceit  ; 
A  friend  or  brother  thy  defame, 
And  soothe  and  flatter  those  they  hate. 

3  They  watch  to  do  their  neighbours  wrong, 
Yet  dare  to  seek  their  Maker's  face  ; 
They  take  his  covenant  on  their  tongue, 
But  break  his  laws,  abuse  his  grace. 

4  To  heaven  they  lift  their  hands  unclean, 
Defiled  with  lust,  defiled  with  blood  ; 


m         PSALM    L: m 

By  night  they  practise  every  sin, 

By  day  their  mouths  draw  near  to  Godv 

And  while  his  judgments  long  delay, 
They  grow  secure  and  sin  the  more  t 
They  thinft  he  sleeps  as  well  as  they, 
And  put  far  off  the  dreadful  hour. 

O  dreadful  hour  !  when  God  draws  near, 
And  sets  their  crimes  before  their  eyes  t 
His  wrath  their  guilty  souls  shall  tear, 
And  no  deliverer  dare  to  riser 


PSALM    L.     1st  Part.     P.M.    10a.         (  l> ) 
The  last  Judgment. 
T^HE  Lord,  the  Sovereign,  sends  his  summons  forth* 
<■*•   Calls  the  south  nations,  and  awakes  the  north  ; 
From  east  to  west  the  sounding  orders  spread, 
Through  distant  worlds,  and  regions  of  the  dead  < 
No  more  shall  Atheists  mock  his  long  delay  ; 
His  vengeance  sleeps  no  more  :  behold  the  day  ! 

Behold  !  the  Judge  descends  ;  his  guards  are  nigh  j 
Tempest  and  fire  attend  him  down  the  sky  : 
Heaven,  earth  and  hell,  draw  near  ;  let  all  things  come 
To  hear  his  justice,  and  the  sinner's  doom  ; 
But  gather  first  my  saints  (the  Judge  commands) 
Bring  them,  ye  angels,  from  their  distant  lands. 

Behold,  my  covenant  stands  forever  good? 

Seal'd  by  th*  eternal  sacrifice  in  blood, 

And  sign'd  with  all  their  names  ;  the  Greek,  the  Jew, 

Who  paid  the  ancient  worship,  or  the  new  ; 

There's  no  distinction  here  :  come,  spread  their  thrones, 

And  near  me  seat  my  favourites  and  my  sons. 

I,  their  almighty  Saviour,  and  their  God, 

I  am  their  Judge  :    Ye  heavens,  proclaim  abroad 

My  just  eternal  sentence,  and  declare 

Those  awful  truths,  that  sinners  dread  to  hear  : 

Sinners  in  Zion,  tremble  and  retire  ; 

I  doom  thee,  painted  hypocrite,  to  fire. 

Not  for  the  want  of  goats  or  bullocks  slain, 
Do  I  condemn  thee  ;  bulls  and  goats  are  vain 
Without  the  flames  of  love  :  in  vain  the  store 


f!2  PSALM     L. 


Of  brutal  offerings,  that  were  mine  before  : 

Mine  are  the  tamer  beasts  and  savage  breed, 

Flocks,  herds,  and  fields,  and  forests  where  they  feed. 

6  If  I  were  hungry,  would  I  ask  thee  food  ? 

When  did  I  thirst,  or  drink  thy  bullock's  blood  ? 
Can  I  be  flatter'd  with  thy  cringing  bows, 
Thy  solemn  chatterings  and  fantastic  vows  ? 
Are  my  eyes  charm'd  thy  vestments  to  behold, 
Glaring  in  gems,  and  gay  in  woven  gold  ? 

T  Unthinking  wretch  !  how  couldst  thou  hope  to  pleasfe 
A  God,  a  Spirit,  with  such  toys  as  these  ? 
While,  with  my  grace  and  statutes  on  thy  tongue, 
Thou  lovest  deceit,  and  dost  thy  brother  wrong  I 
In  vain  to  pious  forms  thy  zeal  pretends, 
Thieves  and  adulterers  are  thy  chosen  friends. 

8  Silent  I  waited  with  long-suffering  love  ; 

But  didst  thou  hope  that  I  should  ne'er  repove  ? 
And  cherish  such  an  impious  thought  within, 
That  God,  the  righteous,  would  indulge  thy  sin  r 
Behold  my  terrours  now  ;  my  thunders  roll, 
And  thy  own  crimes  affright  thy  guilty  soul. 

9  Sinners,  awake  betimes  ;  ye  fools,  be  wise  ; 
Awake  before  this  dreadful  morning  rise  ; 

Change  your  vain  thoughts,  your  crooked  works  atttcffid < 
Fly  to  the  Saviour,  make  the  Judge  your  friend  ; 
Lest,  like  a  lion,  his  last  vengeance  tear 
Your  trembling  souls,  and  no  deliverer  near. 


PSALM    L.     2d  Part.     P.  M      10s  and  Us.     (  b 

The  last  Judgment. 

1  P1HHE  God  of  Glory  sends  his  summons  forth, 

-**•    Calls  the  south  nations,  and  awakes  the  north  ; 
From  east  to  west  his  sovereign  orders  spread, 
Through  distant  worlds,  and  regions  of  the  dead. 
The  trumpet  sounds  ;  hell  trembles  ;  heaven  rejoices 
Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  saints,  with  cheerful  voices. 

2  No  more  shall  atheists  mock  his  long  delay  ; 
His  vengeance  sleeps  no  more  ;  behold  the  day  ! 
Behold,  the  Judge  descends  ;  his  guards  are  nigh  ; 
Tempest  and  fire  attend  him  down  the  sky, 

When  God  appears,  all  nature  shall  adore  him  : 
While  sinners  tremble,  saints  reioice  before  him. 


PSALM    L,  II  J> 


3  "  Heaven,  earth  and  hell,  draw  near  :  let  all  things  comers 
"  To  hear  my  justice,  and  the  sinner's  doom  ; 

"  But  gather  first  my  saints,  (the  Judge  commands) 
"  Bring  them,  ye  angels,  from  their  distant  lands." 

When  Christ  returns,  wake  every  cheerful  passion  ; 

And  shout,  ye  saints  !  he  comes  for  your  salvation. 

4  "  Behold,    my  covenant  stands  forever  good, 
"  Seal'd  by  th'  eternal  sacrifice  in  blood, 

"  And  sign'd  with  all  their  names  ;  the  Greek,  the  Jew* 
"  Who  paid  the  ancient  worship,  or  the  new." 
There's  no  distinction  here  ;  join  all  your  voices, 
And  raise  your  heads,  ye  saints,  for  heaven  rejoices. 

5  "  Here  (saith  the  Lord)  ye  angels,  spread  their  thrones^ 
"  And  near  me  seat  my  favourites  and  my  sons  : 

"  Come,  my  redeem'd,  possess  the  joys  prepared 
u  Ere  time  began  ;  'tis  your  divine  reward." 
When  Christ  returns,  wake  every  cheerful  passion  -y 
And  shout,  ye  saints  !.  he  comes  for  your  salvation. 

PAUSE    I. 

6  "  I  am  the  Saviour,  I  th'  almighty  God  ; 

"  I  am  the  Judge  :  ye  heavens,  proclaim  abroad* 
"  My  just  eternal  sentence,  and  declare 
"  Those  awful  truths,  that  sinners  dread  to  hear.** 
When  God  appears,  all  nature  shall  adore  him  : 
While  sinners  tremble,  saints  rejoice  before  him. 

7  "  Stand  forth,  thou  bold  blasphemer,  and  profane, 
"Now  feel  my  wrath,  nor  call  my  threatenings  vain  t 
"  Thou  hypocrite  1  once  dress'd  in  saints'  attire, 

"  I  doom  thee,  painted  hypocrite,  to  fire*" 
Judgment  proceeds  ;  hell  trembles  ;  heaven  rejoices  ; 
Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  saints,  with  cheerful  voices. 

8  "  Not  for  the  want  of  goats  or  hullocks  slain 

"  Do  I  condemn  thee  ;  bulls  and  goats  are  vain 
"  Without  the  flames  of  love  :  m  vain  the  store 
"  Of  brutal  offerings,  that  were  mine  before." 

Earth  is  the  Lord's  ;  all  nature  shall  adore  him  ; 

While  sinners  tremble,  saints  rejoice  before  him. 

9  "  If  I  were  hungry,  would  I  ask  thee  food  ? 
"When  did  I  thirst,  or  drink  thy  bullock's  blood  ? 
"  Mine  are  the  tamer  beasts,  and  savage  breed, 

<l  Flocks,  herds,  and  fields,  a»d  forests  where  they  feexL" 

K2 


114  PSALM     L. 


All  is  the  Lord's,  he  rules  the  wide  creation  ; 
Gives  sinners  vengeance,  and  the  saints  salvation. 

10  "  Can  1  be  fiatter'd  with  thy  cringing  bows, 
«  Thy  solemn  chatterings,  and  fantastic  vows  ? 
«  Are  my  eyes  charm'd  thy  vestments  to  behold', 
«  Glaring  in  gems,  and  gay  hi  woven  gold  ?" 
God  is  the  Judge  of  hearts  ;  no  fair  disguises 
Can  screen  the  guilty  when  his  vengeance  rises* 

PAUSE  II. 

U  «  Unthinking  wretch  !  how  couldst  thou  hope  to  please 
«  A  God,  a  Spirit,  with  such  toys  as  these  .? 
«  While  with  my  grace  and  statutes  on  thy  tongue, 
«  Thou  lovest  deceit,  and  dost  thy  brother  wrong/' 

Judgment  proceeds  ;  hell  trembles  ;  heaven  rejoices  ; 

Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  saints,  with  cheerful  voices. 

12  "  In  vain  to  pious  forms  thy  zeal  pretends  ; 
"  Thieves  and  adulterers  are  thy  chosen  friends  : 
«  While  the  false  flatterer  at  my  altar  waits, 
"  His  harden'd  soul  divine  instruction  hates." 

God  is  the  Judge  of  hearts  ;  no  fair  disguises 
Can  screen  the  guilty  when  his  vengeance  rises. 

13  «  Silent  I  waited  with  long-suffering  love  ; 
"  But  didst  thou  hope  that  I  should  ne'er  reprove  i 
«  And  cherish  such  an  impious  thought  within, 
«  That  the  All-Holy  would  indulge  thy  sin  ?" 

See,  God  appears,  all  nature  joins  t'  adore  him  ; 

Judgment  proceeds,  and  sinners  fall  before  him. 

3  4  «  Behold  my  terrours  now  ;  my  thunders  rolP, 
"  And  thy  own  crimes  affright  thy  guilty  soul. 
«  Now,  like  a  lion,  shall  my  vengeance  tear 
"  Thy  bleeding  heart,  and  no  deliverer  near." 

Judgment  concludes  ;  hell  trembles  ;  heaven  rejoices 

IMt  up  your  heads,  ye  saints,  with  cheerful  voices. 

EriPHONEMA. 

15  «  Sinners,  awake  betimes  ;  ye  fools,  be  wise  ; 
«  Awake  before  this  dreadful  morning  rise  : 
«  Change  your  vaintho'ts,  your  crooked  works  amend  ; 
w  Fly  to  the  Saviour,  make  the  Judge  your  friend." 

Then  join,  ye  saints,  wake  every  cheerful  passion  ; 

When  Christ  returns,  he  comes  for  your  salvation. 


PSALM    LI.  115 


PSALM    LI.     1st    part,     L.  M.  (   b  ) 

A  Penitent  Pleading  for  Pardon. 

1  CHEW  pity,  Lord ;  O  Lord,  forgive  ; 
^   Let  a  repenting  rebel  live  ; 

Are  not  thy  mercies  large  and  free  ? 
May  not  a  sinner  trust  in  thee  ? 

2  My  crimes  are  great,  but  don't  surpass  • 
The  power  and  glory  of  thy  grace  : 

Great  God,  thy  nature  hath  no  bound  ; 
So  let  thy  pardoning  love  be  found. 

3  O  wash  my  soul  from  every  sin, 

And  make  my  guiity  conscience  clean  ; 
Here  on  my  heart  the  burden  lies, 
And  past  offences  pain  mine  eyes. 

4  My  lips  with  shame  my  sins  confess, 
Against  thy  law,  against  thy  grace  ; 
Lord,  should  thy  judgment  grow  severe, 
I  am  condemn'd,  but  thou  art  clear. 

3  Should  sudden  vengeance  seize  my  breathy 
I  must  pronounce  thee  just  in  death  ; 
And  if  my  soul  were  sent  to  hell, 
Thy  righteous  law  approves  it  well. 

6  Yet  save  a  trembling  sinner,  Lord, 

Whose  hope  still  hovering  round  thy  wordj 
Would  light  on  some  sweet  promise  there, 
Some  sure  support  against  despair. 


PSALM     LI.     2d  Part.     L.  M.  ( fe  > 

Original  and  actual  Sin  confessed. 
i  ir  ORD,  I  am  vile,  conceived  in  sin  ; 
■N-4  And  born  unholy  and  unclean  ; 
Sprung  from  the  man,  whose  guilty  fall 
Corrupts  his  race,  and  taints  us  all. 

2  Soon  as  we  draw  our  infant  breath, 
The  seeds  of  sin  grow  up  for  death  4 
Thy  law  demands  a  perfect  heart  s 
But  we're  denied  in  every  part. 

3  (Great  God,  create  my  heart  anew, 
And  form  my  spirit  pure  and  true  ? 


!6  PbALM     LI. 


O,  make  me  wise  betimes  to  spy 
My  danger  and  my  remedy.) 

4  Behold,  I  fall  before  thy  face  ; 
My  only  refuge  is  thy  grace : 

No  outward  forms  can  make  me  clean  j 
The  leprosy  lies  deep  within. 

5  No  bleeding  bird,  nor  bleeding  beast, 
Nor  hyssop  branch,  nor  sprinkling  priest, 
Nor  running  brook,  nor  flood,  nor  sea, 
Can  wash  the  dismal  stain  away. 

6  Jesus,  my  God,  thy  blood  alone 
Hath  power  sufficient  to  atone  ; 

Thy  blood  can  make  me  white  as  snow  ; 
No  Jewish  types  could  cleanse  me  so. 

7  While  guilt  disturbs  and  breaks  my  peace, 
Nor  flesh  nor  soul  hath  rest  or  ease  ; 
Lord,  let  me  hear  thy  pardoning  voice, 
And  make  my  broken  bones  rejoice. 


PSALM    LI.     3d  part.     L.  M.  (fc>) 

The  Backslider  restored  ;  or,  Repentance  and  Faith   in  tlie 
Blood  of  Christ. 

1  O  TH0U>  who  hcar'st  when  sinners  cry, 
^P  Though  all  my  crimes  before  thte  lie, 
Behold  them  not  with  angry  look, 

But  blot  their  memory  from  thy  book. 

2  Create  my  nature  pure  within. 
And  form  my  soul  averse  to  sin  ; 
Let  thy  good  Spirit  ne'er  depart, 

Nor  hide  thy  presence  from  my  heart. 

3  I  cannot  live  without  thy  light, 

Cast  out  and  banishM  from  thy  sight  ? 
Thy  holy  joys,  my  God,  restore, 
And  guard  me,  that  I  fall  no  more. 

4  Though  I  have  grieved  thy  Spirit,  Lord? 
Thy  help  and  comfort  still  afford  : 
And  let  a  wretch  come  near  thy  throne^ 
To  plead  the  merits  of  thy  Son. 

3  A  broken  heart,  my  God,  my  Kings 
Is  all  the  sacrifice  I  bring  I 


PSALM    LI.  HT 


The  God  of  grace  will  ne'er  despise 
A  broken  heart  for  sacrifice. 

My  soul  lies  humbled  in  the  dust, 
And  owns  thy  dreadful  sentence  just  : 
Look  down,  O  Lord,  with  pitying  eye, 
And  save  the  soul  condemn'd  to  die. 
Then  will  I  teach  the  world  thy  ways  ; 
Sinners  shall  learn  thy  sovereign  grace  ; 
I'll  lead  them  to  my  Saviour's  blood, 
And  they  shall  praise  a  pardoning  God. 
O  may  thy  love  inspire  my  tongue  ! 
Salvation  shall  be  all  my  song  ; 
And  all  my  powers  shall  join  to  bless 
The  Lord,  my  strength,  and  righteousness. 


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PSALM  LI.     1st  part.    CM.        (  b  or  »  ' 

Ver.  3—13. 

Original  and  actual  Sin  confessed  and  pardoned, 

i  TT  ORD,  I  would  spread  my  sore  distress 
J*-d   And  guilt  before  thine  eyes  ; 
Against  thy  laws,  against  thy  grace, 
How  high  my  crimes  arise  ! 

%  Shouldst  thou  condemn  my  soul  to  hell, 
And  crush  my  flesh  to  dust, 
Heaven  would  approve  thy  vengeance  well> 
And  earth  must  own  it  just. 

3  I  from  the  stock  of  Adam  came, 

Unholy  and  unclean  ; 
All  my  original  is  shame, 
And  all  my  nature  sin. 

4  Born  in  a  world  of  guilt,  I  drew 

Contagion  with  my  breath  ; 
And  as  my  days  advanced,  I  grew 
A  juster  prey  for  death. 

5  Cleanse  me,  O  Lord,  and  cheer  my  sou? 

With  thy  forgiving  love  ; 
O,  make  my  broken  spirit  whole> 
And  bid  my  pains  remove. 

6  Let  not  thy  Spirit  quite  depart, 

Nor  drive  me  from  thy  face ; 


118  PSALM    LT,     LIII. 


Create  anew  my  vicious  heart, 
And  fill  it  with  thy  grace. 

7  Then  will  I  make  thy  mercy  known 
Before  the  sons  of  men  ; 
Backsliders  shall  address  thy  throne, 
And  turn  to  God  again. 


PSALM    LI.     2d  Part.     C.  M.  (  b  ) 

Ver,  1 4 — 17.     Repentance  and  Faith  in  the  Blood  o/Chri^ 

GOD  of  mercy,  hear  my  cal>, 
My  load  of  guilt  remove  ; 
Break  down  this  separating  wallr 
That  bars  me  from  thy  love. 

2  Give  me  the  presence  of  thy  grace  » 

Then  my  rejoicing  tongue 
Shall  speak  aloud  thy  righteousness-, 
And  make  thy  praise  my  song. 

3  No  blood  of  goats,  nor  heifer  slaini 

For  sin  could  e'er  alone  ; 
The  death  of  Christ  shall  still  remain 
Sufficient  and  alone. 

4  A  soul  oppress'd  with  sin's  desert, 

My  God  will  ne'er  despise : 
A  humble  groan,  a  broken  heart, 
Is  our  best  sacrifice. 


PSALM    LIII.     C.     M.  (  gg  ) 

Ver.  4—6.     Victory  and  Deliverance  from  Persecution. 

1  A  RE  all  the  foes  of  Zion  fools, 
■"•  Who  thus  devour  her  saints  ? 
Do  they  not  know  her  Saviour  rules, 

And  pities  her  complaints  ? 

2  They  shall  be  seized  with  sad  surprise  , 

For  God's  avenging  arm 
Scatters  the  bones  of  them  who  rise, 
To  do  his  children  harm. 

3  In  vain  the  sons  of  Satan  boast 

CTf  armies  in  array  ; 


PSALM    LV.  119 


When  God  has  first  dispersed  their  host, 
They  fall  an  easy  prey. 

O,  for  a  word  from  Zion's  King, 

Her  captives  to  restore  ! 
Jacob,  with  all  the  tribes,  shall  sing, 

And  Judah  weep  no  more. 


PSALM    LV.     C.  M.  (  b  ) 

Ver.  i  —  8,  16,   18,  22. 
Support  for  the  Afflicted  and  Tempted  Soul, 

GOD,  my  refuge,  hear  my  cries, 
Behold  ray  flowing  tears  ; 
For  earth  and  hell  my  hurt  devise, 
And  triumph  in  my  fears. 

■2  Their  rage  is  levell'd  at  my  life, 
My  soul  with  guilt  they  load, 
And  fill  my  thoughts  with  inward  strife, 
To  shake  my  hope  in  God. 

3  With  inward  pain  my  heart-strings  sound, 
I  groan  with  every  breath  ; 
Horrour  and  fear  beset  me  round 
Amongst  the  shades  of  death. 

4-  O,  were  I  like  a  feather'd  dove, 
And  innocence  had  wings  ; 
I'd  fly,  and  make  a  long  remove 
From  all  these  restless  things. 

.5  Let  me  to  some  wild  desert  go, 
And  find  a  peaceful  home, 
Where  storms  of  malice  never  blow, 
Temptations  never  come. 

6  Vain  hopes,  and  vain  inventions  all, 

To  'scape  the  rage  of  hell  ! 
The  mighty  God,  on  whom  I  call, 
Can  save  me  here  as  well. 
PAUSE. 

7  By  morning  light  I'll  seek  his  face, 

At  noon  repeat  my  cry  : 
The  night  shall  hear  me  ask  his  grace, 
Nor  will  he  long  deny. 


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PSALM    LV. 


3  God  shall  preserve  my  soul  from  fear, 
Or  shield  me  when  afraid  ; 
Ten  thousand  angels  must  appear, 
If  he  command  their  aid. 

9  I  cast  my  burdens  on  the  Lord, 

The  Lord  sustains  them  all  ; 
My  courage  rests  upon  his  word, 
That  saints  shall  never  fall. 

10  My  highest  hopes  shall  not  be  vain  ; 

My  lips  shall  spread  his  praise  j 
While  cruel  and  deceitful  men 
Scarce  live  out  half  their  days. 


PSALM     LV.     S.  M.  ("J, 

Ver.   15,    16,   17,   19,  22. 
Dangerous  Prosperity  ;  or,  daily  Devotion  encourages 

TT   ET  sinners  take  their  course, 
■"  And  choose  the  road  to  death  ; 
But  in  the  worship  of  my  God 
I'll  spend  my  daily  breath. 

My  thoughts  address  his  throne, 
When  morning  brings  the  light  ; 
I  seek  his  blessing  every  noon, 
And  pay  my  vows  at  night. 

Thou  wilt  regard  my  cries, 
O,  my  eternal  God  ! 
While  sinners  perish  in  surprise 
Beneath  thine  angry  rod. 

Because  they  dwell  at  ease, 
And  no  sad  changes  feel, 
They  neither  tear  nor  tiust  thy  name. 
Nor  learn  to  do  thy  will. 

But  I,  with  all  my  cares, 
Will  lean  upon  the  Lord  ; 
I'll  cast  my  burden  on  his  arm, 
And  rest  upon  his  word. 

His  arm  shall  well  sustain 
The  children  of  his  love  ; 
The  ground  on  which  their  safety  stands^ 
No  earthly  power  can  move. 


PSALM     LVT.  121 

««»iMM^M———^————— ^1—^1— ——————— 

PSALM     LVI.     C.  M.  (  *  ) 

Deliverance  from    Oppression   and  Falsehood ;    or,  God's 
care  of  his  People ,  in  Answer  to  Faith  and  Prayer, 

THOU,  whose  justice  reigns  on  high. 
And  makes  th*  oppressor  cease  ; 
Behold,  how  envious  sinners  try- 
To  vex  and  break  my  peace. 

The  sons  of  violence  and  lies 

Join  to  devour  me,  Lord  ; 
But  as  my  hourly  dangers  rise, 

My  refuge  is  thy  word. 

In  God  most  holy,  just  and  true, 

I  have  reposed  my  trust, 
Nor  will  I  fear  what  flesh  can  do, 

The   offspring  of  the  dust. 

They  wrest  my  words  to  mischief  still, 

Charge  me  with  unknown  faults .; 
Mischief  doth  all  their  counsels  fill, 

And  malice  all  their  thoughts. 

Shall  they  escape  without  thy  frown  ? 

Must  their  devices  stand  ? 
O,  cast  the  haughty  sinner  down, 

And  let  him  know  thy  hand  1 
PAUSE. 

God  counts  the  sorrows  of  his  saints, 

Their  groans  affect  his  ears  ; 
Thou  hast  a  book  for  my  complaints, 

A  bottle  for  my  tears. 

When  to  thy  throne  I  raise  my  cry, 

The  wicked  fear  and  flee  ; 
So  swift  is  prayer  to  reach  the  sky, 

So  near  is  God  to  me. 

In  thee,  most  holy,  just  and  true, 

I  have  reposed  my  trust ; 
Nor  will  I  fear  what  man  can  do, 

The  offspring  of  the  dust. 

Thy  solemn  vows  are  on  me,  Lord, 

Thou  shalt  receive  my  praise  ; 
I'll  sing,  "  how  faithful  is  thy  wnrd^ 

^'How  righteous  all  thy  ways!" 
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122  PSALM     LVII,     LVIII. 


10  Thou  hast  secured  my  soul  from  death  ! 
O,  set  thy  prisoner  free: 
That  heart  and  hand,  and  lite  and  breath 
May  be  employ'd  for  thee. 


PSALM     LVII.     L.  M.  ( 

Praise  for   Protection,  Grace,  and  Truth, 
Y  God,  in  whom  are  all  the  springs 
Of  boundless  love  and  grace  unknown  ; 

Hide  me  beneath  thy  spreading  wings, 

Till  the  dark  cloud  is  overblown. 

2  Up  to  the  heavens  I  send  my  cry  ; 
The  Lord  will  my  desires  perform  : 
He  sends  his  ang\  Is  from  the  sky, 

And  saves  me  from  the  threatening  storm. 

3  Be  thou  exalted,  O  my  God, 

Above  the  heavens,  where  angels  dwell  ; 
Thy  power  on  earth  be  known  abroad, 
And  land  to  land  thy  wonders  tell. 

4  My  heart  is  fix'd  :  my  song  shall  raise 
Immortal  honours  to  thy  name  ; 
Awake,  my  tongue,  to  sound  his  praise, 
My  tongue,  the  glory  of  my  frame. 

5  High  o'er  the  earth  his  mercy  reigns, 
And  reaches  to  the  utmost  sky  ; 

His  truth  to  endless  years  remains 
When  lower  worlds  dissolve  and  die. 

6  Be  thou  exalted,  O  my  God, 

Above  the  heavens,  where  angels  dwell  ; 
Thy  power  on  earth  be  known  abroad, 
And  land  to  land  thv  wonders  tell. 


PSALM    LVIII.     L.  P.  M.  (  %  ) 

Warning'  to  Magistrates. 

JUDGES,  who  rule  the  world  by  laws, 
Will  ye  despise  the  righteous  cause, 
When  th*  injured  poor  before  you  stand  ? 
Dare  ye  condemn  the  righteous  poor, 
And  let  rich  sinners  'scape  secure, 

While  gold  and  greatness  bribe  your  hand  ? 


PSALM     LX.  -123 


2  Have  ye  forgot,  or  never  knew, 
That  God  will  jurlge  the  judges  too  ? 

High  in  the  heavens  his  justice  reigns  ; 
Yet  you  invade  the  eights  of  God, 
And  send  your  bold  decrees  abroad, 

To  bind  the  conscience  in  your  chains. 

3  A  poison 'd  arrow  is  your  tongue* 
The  arrow  sharp,  the  poison  strong, 

And  deatli  attends  where'er  it  wounds  : 
Ycu  hear  no  counsels,  cries  nor  tears  ; 
So  the  deaf  adder  stops  her  ears 

Against  the  power  of  charming  sounds; 

4  Break  out  their  teeth,  eternal  God, 
Those  teeth  of  lions  died  in  blood  ; 

And  crush  the  serpents  in  the  dust  ; 
As  empty  chaff,  when  whirlwinds  rise, 
Before  the  sweeping  tempest  flies, 

So  let  their  hopes  and  names  be  lost. 

5  Th'  Almighty  thunders  from  the  sky, 
Their  grandeur  melts,  their  titles  die, 

As  hills  of  snow  dissolve  and  run, 
Or  snails  that  perish  in  their  slime, 
Or  births  that  come  before  their  time, 

Vain  births,  that  never  see  the  sun. 

l   Thus  shall  the  vengeance  of  the  Lord 
Safety  and  joy  to  saints  afford  ; 

And  all  who  hear  shall  join  and  say, 
"Sure  there's  a  God,  who  rules  on  high} 
«  A  God,  who  hears  his  children  cry, 

*  And  will  their  suffering  well  repay." 


PSALM     LX.     C.  M.  {  b  ) 

Ver.  1—5,  10—12. 
On  a  Day  of  Humiliation  for  Disappointment  in  llrar» 

1  TT   ORD,  hast  thou  cast  the  nation  off*  ? 
■•Ml  Must  we  forever  mourn  ? 

Wilt  thou  indulge  immortal  wrath  ? 
Shall  mercy  ne'er  return  ? 

2  The  terrour  of  one  frown  of  thine 

Melts  all  our  strength  away  ; 
Like  men  who  totter,  drunk  with  wine, 
We  tremble  in  dismay. 


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3  Our  country  shakes  beneath  thy  stroke, 

And  dreads  thy  threatening  hand  ; 
O,    heal  the  nation  thou  hast  broke  ; 
Confirm  the  wavering  land. 

4  Lift  up  a  banner  in  the  field 

For  those  who  fear  thy  name  ; 
Save  thy  beloved  with  thy  shield, 
And  put  our  foes  to  shame. 

5  Go  with  our  armies  to  the  fight, 

Like  a  confederate  God  ; 
In  vain  confederate  powers  unite 

Against  thy  lifted  rod. 
t>  Our  troops  shall  gain  a  wide  renown 

By  thine  assisting  hand  : 
'Tis  God,  who  treads   the  mighty  down, 

And  makes  the  feeble  stand. 


PSALM    LXI.     S.  M.  (  b  ) 

Ver,   1 — 6.     Safety  in  God. 
J"HEN",  overwhelm'd  with  grief, 
My  heart  within  me  dies  ; 
Helpless,  and  far  from  all  relief, 
To  heaven  I  lift  mine  eyes. 
O,  lead  me  to  the  rock, 
That's  high  above  my  head, 
And  make  the  covert  of  thy  wings 
My  shelter  and  my  shade. 
Within  thy  presence,  Lord, 
Forever  I'll  abide  ; 
Thou  art  the  tower  of  my  defence 
The  refuge  where  I  hide. 

Thou  givest  me  the  lot 
Of  those,  who  fear  thy  name  : 
If  endless  life  be  their  reward, 
I  shall  possess  the  same. 


PSALM    LXIL    L.  M.  (  *  > 

Ver.  5 — 12.     JVo  trust  in  Creatures  ;  or,  Faith   in   Divine 

Grace  and  Power. 
t  TX/ir^  spirit  looks  to  God  alone  ; 

My  rock  and  refuge  is  his  throne  : 


PSALM    LXIII.  125 


In  all  my  fears,  in  all  my  straits, 
My  soul  on  his  salvation  waits. 

2  Trust  him,  ye  saints,  in  all  your  ways, 
Pour  out  your  hearts  before  his  face  ; 
When  helpers  fail,  and  foes  invade, 
God  is  our  all-sufficient  aid. 

3  False  are  the  men  of  high  degree,  , 
The  baser  sort  are  vanity  ; 

Laid  in  the  balance,  both  appear 
Light  as  a  puff  of  empty  air. 

4  Make  not  increasing  gold  your  trust, 
Nor  set  your  hearts  on  glittering  dust  : 
Why  will  you  grasp  the  fleeting  smoke, 
And  not  believe  what  God  has  spoke  ? 

5  Once  has  his  awful  voice  declared, 
Once  and  again  my  ears  have  heard, 
11  All  power  is  his  eternal  due  ; 

"  He  must  be  fear'd  and  trusted  too." 

6  For  sovereign  power  reigns  not  alone, 
Grace  is  a  partner  of  the  throne  : 
Thy  grace  and  justice,  mighty  Lord, 
Shall  well  divide  our  last  reward. 


PSALM    LXIII.     1st  Part.     C.  M.      (    *  ) 
Ver.  i,2,  5,  3,  4.      The  Morning  of  the  Lord*s  Day, 
i  TO  ARLY,  my  God,  without  delay, 
•**-**  I  haste  to  seek  thy  face  : 
My  thirsty  spirit  faints  away, 
Without  thy  cheering  grace. 

2  So  pilgrims  on  the  scorching  sand, 

Beneath  a  burning  sky, 
Long  for  a  cooling  stream  at  hand, 
And  they  must  drink  or  die. 

3  Fve  seen  thy  glory  and  thy  power 

Through  all  thy  temple  shine  ; 
My  God,  repeat  that  heavenly  hour, 
That  vision  so  divine  I 

4  Not  all  the  blessings  of  a  feast 

Can  please  my  soul  so  well, 
As  when  thy  richer  grace  I  taste? 
And  in  thy  presence  dwell. 
L2 


-26  PSALM     LXIII. 


5  Not  life  itself,  with  all  its  joys, 

Can  my  best  passions  move, 
Or  raise  so  high  my  cheerful  voice, 
As  thy  fo;  giving  love. 

6  Thus,  till  my  last  expiring  day, 

I'll  bless  my  God  and  King  ; 
Thus  will  I  lift  my  hands  to  pray, 
And  tune  my  lips  to  sing. 


PSALM   LXIII.    2d  Part.     C.  M.       (  &  ) 

Ver.  6  —  10.     Midnight  Thoughts  recollected. 

1  TTpWAS  in  the  watches  of  the  night 

*   I  thought  upon  thy  power  j 
I  kept  thy  lovely  face  in  sight 
Amidst  the  darkest  hour. 

2  My  flesh  lay  resting  on  my  bed  ; 

My  soul  arose  on  high  ; 
«  My  God,  my  life,  my  hope,"  I  said, 
"Bring  thy  salvation  nigh." 

3  My  spirit  labours  up  thine  hill, 

And  climbs  the  heavenly  road  ; 
But  thy  right  hand  upholds  me  still, 
While  I  pursue  my  God. 

4  Thy  mercy  stretches  o'er  my  head 

The  shadow  of  thy  wings  ; 
My  heart  rejoices  in  thy  aid  ; 
My  tongue  awakes  and  sings. 

•#  But  the  destroyers  of  my  peace 
Shall  fret  and  rage  in  vain  ; 
The  tempter  shall  forever  cease, 
And  all  my  sins  be  slain, 

6  Thy  sword  shall  give  my  foes  to  death j 
And  send  them  down  to  dwell 
In  the  dark  caverns  of  the  earth, 
Or  to  the  depths  of  hell. 


PSALM    LXIII.     L.  M.  (   3*  ) 

Longing  after  God;  or,  the  Love  of  God,  better  than  Life. 

i   ^  REAT  God,  indulge  my  humble  claim  j 
^*  Thou  art  my  hope,  my  joy,  my  rest ; 


PSALM    LXUI.  »2T 


The  glories  that  compose  thy  name 
Stand  all  engaged  lo  make  me  blest. 

2  Thou  great  and  good,  thou  just  and  wise, 
Thou  art  my  Father  and  my  God  1 
And  I  am  thine  by  sacred  ties  ; 

Thy  son,  thy  servant,  bought  with  blood. 

3  With  heart,  and  eyes,  and  lifted  hands, 
For  thee  I  long,  to  thee  I  look  ; 

As  travellers,  in  thirsty  lands, 
Pant  for  the  cooling  water-brook. 

4  With  early  feet  I  love  t'  appear 
Among  thy  saints  and  seek  thy  face  : 
Oft  have  1  seen  thy  glory  there, 

And  felt  the  power  of  sovereign  grace. 

5  Not  fruits,  nor  wines  that  tempt  our  taste*. 
Nor  all  the  joys  our  senses  know, 
Could  make  me  so  divinely  blest, 

Or  raise  my  cheerful  passions  so. 

6  My  life  itself,  without  thy  love, 
No  taste  of  pleasure  could  afford  ; 

'T  would  but  a  tiresome  burden  prove, 
If  I  were  banish'd  from  the  Lord. 

7  Amidst  the  wakeful  hours  of  night, 
When  busy  cares  afflict  my  head,  ■ 
One  thought  of  thee  gives  new  delight, 
And  adds  refreshment  to  my  bed. 

8  I'll  lift  my  hands,  I'll  raise  my  voice, 
While  I  have  breath  to  pray  or  praise  ; 
This  work  shall  make  my  heart  rejoice, 
And  spend  the  remnant  of  my  days. 


PSALM     LXIII.     S.  M.  (*) 

Seeking  God. 
Y  God,  permit  my  tongue 
-  This  joy,  to  call  thee  mine  J 
And  let  my  early  cries  prevail 
To  taste  thy  love  divine. 
My  thirsty,  fainting  soul 
Thy  mercy  does  implore  ; 
Not  travellers,  in  desert  lands* 
Can  pant  for  water  more. 


128  PSALM    LXV. 

3       Within  thy  churches,  Lord, 
I  long  to  find  my  place  ; 
Thy  power  and  glory  to  behold, 
And  feel  thy  quickening  grace. 

i       For  life,  without  thy  love, 
No  relish  can  afford  ; 
No  joy    can  6e  compared  with  this, 
To  serve  and  please  the  Lord. 

5       To  thee  I  lift  my  hands, 

And  praise  thee  while  I  live  ; 
Not  the  rich  dainties  of  a  feast 
Such  food  or  pleasure  give. 

5       In  wakeful   hours  of  night, 
I  call  my  God  to  mind  ; 
I  think  how  wise  thy  counsels  are, 
And  all  thy  dealings  kind. 

'       Since  thou  hast  been  my  help, 
To  thee  my  spirit  flies, 
And  on  thy   watchful  providence 
My  cheerful  hope  relies. 

I        The  shadow  of  thy  wings 
My  soul  in  safety  keeps  : 
I  follow  where  my  Father  leads, 
And  he  supports  my  steps, 


PSALM    LXV.     1st  Part.    L.  M.  (  5  ) 

Ver.  1 — 6.     Public  Prayer  and  Praise, 
PipHE  praise  of  Zion  waits  for  thee, 

My  God  ;   and  praise  becomes  thy  house  : 
There  shall  thy  saints  thy  glory  see, 
And  there  perform  their  public  vows. 

0  thou,  whose  mercy  bends  the  skies 
To  save  when  humble  sinners  pray  I 
All  lands  to  thee  shall  lift  their  eyes', 
And  islands  of  the  northern  sea. 

Against  my  will  my  sins  prevail, 

But  grace  shall  purge  away  their  stain  s 

1  he  blood  of  Christ  will  never  fail 
To  wash  my  garments  white  agato, 


PSALM    LXV.  12* 


Blest  is  the  man,  whom  thou  shalt  choose? 
And  give  him  kind  access  to  thee  ; 
Give  him  a  place  within  thy  house. 
To  taste  thy  love  divinely  free. 
PAUSE. 

Let  Babel  tear  when  Z.on  prays  ; 
Babel  prepare  for  long  distress, 
When  Zion's  God  himself  arrays 
In  terrour  and  in  righteousness. 
With  dreadful  glory   God  fulfils 
What  his  afflicted  saints  request  ; 
And  with  almighty  wrath  reveals 
His  love,  to  give  his  churches  rest. 
Then  shall  the  flocking  nations  run 
To  Zion's  hill,  and  own  their  Lord  : 
The  rising  and  the  setting  sun 
Shall  see  the  Saviour's  name  adored. 


PSALM    LXV.     2d  Part.     L.  M.         (  *  ) 

Ver.  5 — 13.      Divine  Providence  in  Air,  Earthy  and  Sea  2 
or,  the  God  of  Nature  and   Grace. 

1  PTpHE  God  of  our  salvation  hears 

-**■   The  groans  of  Zion  mix'd  with  tears  ; 
Yet  when  he  comes  with  kind  designs, 
Through  all  the  way  his  terrour  shines. 

2  On  him  the  race  of  man  depends, 
Far  as  the  earth's  remotest  ends, 
Where  the  Creator's  name  is  known 
By  nature's  feeble  light  alone. 

3  Sailors,  who  travel  o'er  the  flood, 
Address  their  frighted  souls  to  God, 
When  tempests  rage,  and  billows  roar* 
At  dreadful  distance  from  the  shore. 

4  He  bids  the  noisy  tempests  cease  ; 
He  calms  the  raging  crowd  to  peace, 
When  a  tumultuous  nation  raves, 
Wild  as  the  winds,  and  loud  as  waves. 

5  Whole  kingdoms,  shaken  by  the  storm? 
He  settles  in  a  peaceful  form  ; 
Mountains  established  by  his  hand, 
Firm  on  their  old  foundations  stand. 


ISO  PSALM    LXV 


6  Behold,  his  ensigns  sweep  the  sky, 
New  comets  blaze,  and  lightnings  fly  : 
The  heathen  lands,  with  swift  surprise, 
From  the  bright  horrours  turn  their  eyes. 

7  At  his  command,  the  morning  ray 
Smiles  in  the  east  and  leads  the  day  ; 
He  guides  the  sun's  declining  wheels* 
Over  the  tops  of  western  hills . 

8  Seasons  and  times  obey  his  voice  ; 
The  evening  and  the  morn  rejoice 

To  see  the  earth  made  soft  with  showers.. 
Laden  with  fruit,  and  drest  in  flowers. 

9  'Tis  from  his  watery  stores  on  high, 
He  gives  the  thirsty  ground  supply  ; 
He  walks  upon  the  clouds,  and  thence 
Doth  his  enriching  drops  dispense. 

?o  The  desert  grows  a  fruitful  field  ; 
Abundant  food  the  vallies  yield  : 
The  vallies  shout  with  cheerful  voice, 
And  neighbouring  hills  repeat  their  joys. 

11  The  pastures  smile  in  green  array  ; 
There  lambs  and  larger  cattle  play  : 
The  larger  cattle,  and  the  lamb, 
Each  in  his  language  speaks  thy  name. 

12  Thy  works  pronounce  thy  power  divine  ; 
O'er  every  field  thy  glories  shine  : 
Through  every  month  thy  gifts  appear  ; 
Great  God  !  thy  goodness  crowns  the  year. 

PSALM    LXV.      1st  Part.     CM.        (#) 

A  Prayer-hearing  God,  and  the  Gentiles  called. 
i  "ORAISE  waits  in  Zion,  Lord,  for  thee  ; 
■"■     There  shall  our  vows  be  paid  : 
Thou  hast  an  ear  when  sinners  pray, 
All  flesh  shall  seek  thine  aid. 

2  Lord,  our  iniquities  prevail, 

But  pardoning  grace  is  thine  : 
And  thou  wilt  grant  us  power  and  skill 
To  conquer  every  sin. 

3  Blest  are  the  men,  whom  thou  wilt  choose? 

To  bring  them  near  thy  face  ; 


PSALM     LXV.  131 


Give  them  a  dwelling  in  thine  house, 
To  feast  upon  thy  grace. 

4  In  answering  what  thy  church  requests, 

Thy  truth  and  terrour  shine, 
And  works  of  dreadful  righteousness 
Fulfil  thy  kind  design. 

5  Thus  shall  the   wondering  nations  see 

The  Lord  is  good  and  just  ; 
And  distant  islands  fly  to   thee, 
And  make  thy  name  their   trust, 

6  They  dread  thy  glittering  tokens,  Lord, 

When  signs  in  heaven  appear  ; 
But  they  shall  learn  thy  holy  word, 
And  love  as  well  as  feari 


PSALM    LXV.     2d  Part.     C.  M.         (  %  ) 

The  Providence  of  God  in   Air.  Earthy  and  Sea  ;    or,    the 
Blessings  oj  Rain. 

i   'iHTUS  by  thy  strength  the  mountains  stand, 
«**•    God  of  eternal  power  ! 
The  sea  grows  calm  at  thy  command, 
And  tempests  cease  to  roar. 

2  The  morning  light  and  evening  shade 
Successive  comforts  bring  ; 
Thy  plenteous  fruits  make  harvest  glad, 
Thy  flowers  adorn  the  spring. 

o  Seasons,  and  times,  and  moons,  and  hours, 
Heaven,  earth,  and  air  are  thine  ; 
When  clouds  distil  in  fruitful  showers, 
The  Author  is  divine. 

4  Those  wandering  cisterns  in  the  sky, 

Borne  by  the  winds  around, 
With  watery  treasures  well  supply 
The  furrows  ol  the  ground. 

5  The  thirsty  ridges  drink  their  fill, 

And  ranks  of  corn  appear  : 
Thy  ways  abound  with  blessings  stil), 
Thy  goodness  crowns  the  year. 


132  PSALM     LXV,  LXVI. 


PSALM   LXV.     3d  Part.     CM.  (  #  ) 

The  Blessings  of  the  S/iring  ,•  or,  God  gives  Rain. 

A  PSALM  FOR   THE   HUSBANDMAN. 

1  (T*  ^^^  IS  t,ie  Lord>  tlie  heavenly  King, 
^J"  Who  makes  the  earth  his  care  ; 
Visits  the  pastures  every  spring, 
And  bids  the  grass  appear. 

<2  The  clouds,  like  rivers  ra-sed  on  higlv, 
Pour  out,  at  thy  command, 
Their  watery  blessings  from  the  sky, 
To  cheer  the  thirsty  land. 

3  The  soften'd  ridges  of  the  field 

Permit  the  corn  to  spring  ; 
The  vallies  rich  provision  yield, 
And  the  poor  labourers  sing. 

4  The  little  hills,  on  every  side, 

Rejoice  at  falling  showers  ; 
The  meadows,  dress'd  in  all  their  pride, 
Perfume  the  air  with  flowers. 

5  The  barren  clods,   refresh'd  with  rain, 

Promise  a  joyful  crop  ; 
The  parched  grounds  look  green  again, 
And  raise  the  reaper's  hope. 

6  The  various  months  thy  goodness  crowns  ; 

How  bounteous  are  thy  ways  \ 
The  bleating  flocks  spread  o'er  the  downs, 
And  shepherds  shout  thy  praise. 


PSALM     LXVI.      1st  Part.     C.  M.         (  *  ) 

Governing   Power  and  Goodness;  or ,  our  Grace   tried  by 
Afflictions. 

1  OTNG,  all  ye  nations,  to  the  Lord, 
*f  Sing  with  a  joyful  noise  ; 
With  melody  of  sound  record 

His  honours  and  your  joys- 

2  Say  to  the  Power  that  shakes  the  sky, 

"  How  terrible  art  thou  ! 
"Sinners  before  thy  presence  fly, 
"  Or  at  thy  feet  they  bow." 


PSALM    LXVI.  133 


3  (  Come,  see  the  wonders  of  our  God  ; 

How  glorious  are  his  ways  ! 
In  Moses'  hand  he  puts  his  rod, 
And  cleaves  the  frighted  seas. 

4  He  made  the  ebbing  channel  dry, 

While  Israel  pass'd  the  flood  ; 
There  did  the  church  begin  their  joy, 
And  triumph  in  their  God.) 

5  He  rules  by  his  resistless  might  ; 

Will  rebel  mortals  dare 
Provoke  th'  Eternal  to  the  fight, 
And  tempt  that  dreadful  war  ? 

6  O,  bless  our  God,  and  never  cease  ; 

Ye  saints,  fulfil  his  praise  : 
He  keeps  our  life,  maintains  our  peace, 
And  guides  our  doubtful  ways. 

7  Lord,  thou  hast  proved  our  suffering  soulsj 

To  make  our  graces  shine  ; 
So  silver  bears  the  burning  coals, 
The  metal  to  refine. 

8  Through  watery  deeps  and  fiery  ways 

We  march  at  thy  command  ; 
Led  to  possess  the  promised  place 
By  thy  unering  hand. 


N 


PSALM    LXVI.     2d  Part.      CM.        (  %  ) 

Ver.  13—20.     Praise  to  God  for  hearing  Ptayer. 

OW  shall  my  solemn  vows  be  paid 
To  that  Almighty  Power, 
Who  heard  the  long  requests  I  made 
In  my  distressful  hour. 

.2  My  lips  and  cheerful  heart  prepare 
To  make  his  mercies  known  ; 
Come,  ye  who  fear  my  God,  and  hear 
The  wonders  he  has  done. 

-3  When  on  my  head  huge  sorrows  fell, 
I  sought  his  heavenly  aid  ; 
He  saved  my  sinking  soul  from  hell, 
And  death's  eternal  shade. 
M 


134  PSALM  LXVII. 


If  sin  lay  cover'd  in  my  heart, 

While  prayer  employ'd  my  tongue, 

The  Lord  had  shewn  me  no  regard, 
Nor  I  his  praises  sung. 

But  God,  his  name  be  ever  bless'd, 

Has  set  my  spirit  free, 
Nor  turn'd  from  him  my  poor  request, 

Nor  turn'd  his  heart  from  me. 


PSALM    LXVII.     C.     M.  (  %  ) 

The  Kalian's  Pros/ieriiy,  and  the  Church's  Increase. 

\   QHINE,  mighty  God,  on  this,  Our  Land, 
^   With  beams  of  heavenly  grace  ; 
Reveal  thy  power  through  all  our  coasts, 
And  shew  thy  smiling  face. 

2  (Amidst  Our  States,  exalted  high, 

Do  thou  our  glory  stand, 
And,  like  a  wall  of  guardian  fire, 
Surround  thy  favourite  land.) 

3  When  shall  thy  name  from  shore  to  shore 

Sound  all  the  earth  abroad  ? 
And  distant  nations  know  and  love 
Their  Saviour  and  their  God  ? 

4  Sing  to  the  Lord,  ye  distant  lands, 

Sing  loud  with  solemn  voice  ; 
Wliile  thankful  tongues  exalt  his  praise. 
And  grateful  hearts  rejoice. 

lie,  the  great  Lord,  the  Sovereign  Judge. 

Who  sits  enthroned  above, 
Wisely  commands  the  world  he  made, 

In  justice  and  in  love. 

6  Earth  shall  obey  her  Maker's  will, 

And  yield  a  full  increase  ; 
Our  God  will  crown  his  chosen   land 
With  fruitfulness  and  peace. 

7  God,  the  Redeemer,  scatters  round, 

His  choicest  favours  here, 
While  the  creation's  utmost  bound 
Shall  see,  adore  and  fear- 


PSALM    LXVIII.  135 


PSALM     LXVIII.     1st  Part.     L.  M,       (*) 

Ver.  1 — 6,  32—35.   The  Vengeance  and  Compassion  of  Gory, 

1  If  ET  God  arise  in  all  his  might, 
J*-4  And  put  the  troops  of  hell  to  flight  ; 
As  smoke,  that  sought  to  cloud  the  skies, 
Before  the  rising  tempest  flies. 

42  (  He  comes  array'd  in  burning  flames, 
Justice  and  Vengeance  are  his  names  ; 
Behold,  his  fainting  foes  expire, 
Like  melting  wax  before  the  fire.) 

3  He  rides  and  thunders  through  the  sky, 
His  name,  Jehovah,  sounds  on  high  \ 
Sing  to  his  name,  ye  sons  of  grace, 

Ye  saints,  rejoice  before  his  face. 

4  The  widow  and  the  fatherless 
Fly  to  his  aid  in  sharp  distress  ; 
In  him  the  poor  and  helpless  find 

A  Judge,  who's  just,  a  Father,  kind. 

5  He  breaks  the  captive's  heavy  chain, 
And  prisoners  see  the  light  again  ; 
But  rebels,  who  dispute  his  will, 
Shall  dwell  in  chains  and  darkness  still. 

PAUSE. 

6  Kingdoms  and  thrones  to  God  belong  ; 
Crown  him,  ye  nations,  in  your  song  : 
His  wonderous  names  and  powers  rehearse  ; 
His  honours  shall  enrich  your  verse. 

He  shakes  the  heavens  with  loud  alarms  ; 
How  terrible  is  God  in  arms  I 
In  Israel  are  his  mercies  known, 
Israel  is  his  peculiar  throne. 

8  Proclaim  him  king,  pronounce  him  bless'df 
He's  your  defence,  your  joy,  your  rest  ; 
When  terrours  rise  and  nations  faint, 
God  is  the  strength  of  every  saint. 


PSALM    LXVIII.     2d  part.     L.  M.         ( *■ ) 

Ver.  17,  18,     Chrises  Ascension  andthe  Gift  (f  the  Spirit. 
\   TT  ORD,  when  thou  didst  ascend  on  high, 
■**-4  Ten  thousand  angels  fill'd  the  sky  -9 


IS6  PSALM    LXVIIL 


Those  heavenly  guards  around  thee  wait, 
Like  chariots,  that  attend  thy  state. 

2  Not  Sinai's  mountain  could  appear 
More  glorious  when  the  Lord  was  there 
While  he  pronounced  his  dreadful  law, 
And  struck  the  chosen  tribes  with  awe. 

3  How  bright  the  triumph  none  can  tell, 
When  the  rebellious  powers  of  hell, 
That  thousand  souls  had  captive  made, 
Were  all  in  chains,  like  captives  led. 

.4  Raised  by  his  Father  to  the  throne, 
He  sent  the  promised  Spirit  down, 
With  gifts   and  grace  for  rebel  men, 
That  God  might  dwell  on  earth  again. 


PSALM    LXVIIL     3d  Part.     L.  M.        ( * ) 

Ver    19,  9,  20 — 22.     Praise  for  Temporal  Blessings  }  o*} 
Common  and  Special  Mercies. 
J'E  bless  the  Lord,  the  just  and  good, 
Who  fills  our  hearts  with  joy  and  food  \ 
W»o  pours  his  blessings  from  the  skies, 
And  loads  our  days  with  rich  supplies. 

2  He  sends  the  sun  his  circuit  round, 

To  cheer  the  fruits,  to  warm  the  ground  ; 
He  bids  the  clouds,  with  plenteous  rain, 
Refresh  the  thirsty  earth  again. 

3  'Tis  to  his  care  we  owe  our  breath, 
And  all  our  near  escapes  from  death  : 
Safety  and  health  to  God  belong  ; 

He  heals  the  weak,  and  guards  the  strong. 

4  He  makes  the  saint  and  sinner  prove 
The  common  blessings  of  his  love  ; 
But  the  wide  difference  that  remains,, 
Is  endless  joys,  or  endless  pains. 

5  The  Lord,  who  bruised  the  serpent's  head} 
On  all  the  serpent's  seed  shall  tread  ; 
The  stubborn  sinner's  hope  confound, 
And  smite  him  with  a  lasting  wound. 

6  But  his  right  hand  his  saints  shall  raise 
From  the  deep  earth,  or  deeper  seas, 
And  bring  them  to  his  courts  above  ; 
There  shall  they  taste  his  special  love. 


PSALM     LXIX.  137 

PSALM    LXIX.     1st  pakt.    CM.       (  b  ) 
Ver.  1 — 14.     The  Sufferings  of  Christ  for  our  Salvation* 

1  "CAVE  me,  O  God  !  the  swelling  floods 

^  "  Break  in  upon  my  soul  : 
«  I  sink  I  and  sorrows  o'er  my  head, 
"  Like  mighty  waters  roll  I 

2  "  I  cry  'till  all  my  voice  be  gone  ; 
"  In  tears  I  waste  the  day  : 

"  My  God,  behold  my  longing  eyes, 
"  And  shorten  thy  delay. 

3  "  They  hate  my  soul  without  a  cause, 

"  And  still  their  number  grows 
"  More  than  the  hairs  around  my  head, 
<•  And  mighty  are  rny  foes. 

4  « 'Twas  then  I  paid  that  dreadful  debt» 

"  That  men  could  never  pay, 
«*  And  gave  those  honours  to  thy  law, 
"  Which  sinners  took  away." 

5  Thus,  in  the  great  Messiah's  name, 

The  royal  prophet  mourns  ; 
Thus  he  awakes  our  hearts  to  grief, 
And  gives  us  joy  by  turns. 

6  l(  Now  shall  the  saints  rejoice  and  find 

<l  Salvation  in  thy  name  ; 
«  For  I  have  borne  their  heavy  load 
"  Of  sorrow,  pain  and  shame. 

7  "  Grief,  like  a  garment,  clothed  me  round, 

"  And  sackcloth  was  my  dress, 
"  While  I  procured  for  naked  souls 
"  A  robe  of  righteousness. 

$  "  Among   my  brethren  and  the  Jews, 
"  I,  like  a  stranger  stood, 
"  And  bore  their  vile  reproach,  to  bring 
"  The  Gentiles  near  to  God. 

5>  "  I  came,  in  sinful  mortals  stead, 
"  To  do  my  Father's  will  ; 
"Yet  when  I  cleansed  my  Father's  house, 
"They  scandalized  my  zeal. 
10  «  My  fastings  and  my  holy  groans 
a  Were  made  the  drunkard's  song  -9 
M2 


*38  PSALM     LXIX. 


u  But  God,  from  his  celestial  throne, 
"  Heard  my  complaining  tongue. 

11  "He  saved  me  from  the   dreadful  deep, 

"  Nor  let  my  soul  be  drown'd  : 
«  He  raised  and  fix'd  my  sinking  feet 
"  On  well  established  ground. 

12  "  'Twas  in  a  most  accepted  hour 

"  My  prayer  arose  on  high  ; 
f*  And,  for  my  sake,  my  God  shall  hear, 
5*  The  dying  sinner*s  cry." 


PSALM  LXIX.     2d  part.    CM        (  b  ) 
Ver.  14—21,  26,  29,  32. 
The  Passion  and  Exaltation  of  Christ. 

1   WOW  let  °Ur  lipS  W,th  holy  fear 
•*^    And  mournful  pleasure  sing 

The  sufferings  of  our  great  High  Priest) 

The  sorrows  of  our  King. 

3  He  sinks  in  floods  of  deep  distress  ; 
How  high  the  waters  rise  \ 
While  to  his  heavenly  Father's  ear 
He  sends  perpetual  cries. 

3  "  Hear  me,  O  Lord,  and  save  thy  Son, 

"  Nor  hide  thy  shining  face  : 
"Why  should  thy  favourite  look  like  ons- 
"  Forsaken  of  thy  grace  ! 

4  "  With  rage  they  persecute  the  man, 

"  Who  groans  beneath  thy  wound, 
11  While,  for  a  sacrifice,  I  pour 
«  My  life  upon  the  ground. 

3  "  They  tread  my  honour  to  the  dust, 
"  And  laugh  when  1  complain  ; 
«  Their  sharp,  insulting  slanders  add 
"  Fresh  anguish  to  my  pain. 

6  "  All  my  reproach  is  known  to  thee, 

"  The  scandal  and  the  shame  ; 
"  Reproach  has  broke  my  bleeding  heart* 
"  And  lies  defiled  my  name. 

7  "I  look*d  for  pity,  but  in  vain  ; 

}'  My  kindred  are  my  grief ; 


PSALM    LXIX.  IS* 


"  1  ask  my  friends  for  comfort  round, 
"  But  meet  with  no  relief. 

8  «  With  vinegar  they  mock  my  thirst, 

"  They  give  me  gall  for  food  ; 
"  And,  sporting  with  my  dying  groans, 
"  They  triu.nph  in*  my  bJood. 

9  «  Shine  into  my  distressed  soul, 

"  Let  thy  compassion  save  ; 
"  And  though  my  flesh  sink  down  to  death, 
«  Redeem  it  from  the  grave. 

10  "  I  shall  arise  to  praise  thy  name, 

"  Shall  reign  in  worlds  unknown* 
«  And  thy  salvation,  O,  my  God  ! 
<•  Shall  seat  me  on  thy  throne." 


PSALM    LXIX.     3d  Part.     C.  M.        (  £  ) 

Chrises  Obedience  and  Death  :    or,   God  glorified  Qn& 
Sinners  saved. 

1  TIFIATHER,  I  sing  thy  wonderous  grace, 
■***     I  bless  my  Saviour's  name  ; 

He  bought  salvation  for  the  poor, 
And  bore  the  sinner's  shame. 

2  His  deep  distress  has  raised  us  high  ; 

His  duty  and  his  zeal 
FulhTd  the  law,  which  mortals  broke, 
And  finish'd  all  thy  will. 

3  His  dying  groans,  his  living  songs, 

Shall  better  please  my  God, 
Than  harp  or  trumpet's  solemn  sound} 
Than  goats  or  bullocks  blood. 

4  This  shall  his  humble  followers  see, 

And  set  their  hearts  at  rest  ; 
They  by  his  death  draw  near  to  thee, 
And  live  forever  bless'd. 

5  Let  heaven,  and  all  who  dwell  on  high,. 

To  God  their  voices  raise, 
While  lands   and  seas  assist  the   sky, 
And  jo'n  t'  advance  the  praise. 

6  Zion  is  thine,  most  holy  God  ; 

Thy  Son  shall  bless  her  gates  ; 
And  glory,  purchased  by  his  blooa% 
For  thy  own  Israel  waits* 


40  PSALM     LXIX. 


PSALM    LXIX.      1st  Part.     L.  M.       (  b  ) 

Christ's  Passion  and  Sinners  Salvation* 

1  TT^EEP  in  our  hearts  let  us  record 
U  The  deeper  sorrows  of  our  Lord  ; 
Behold,  the  rising  billows  roll, 

To  overwhelm  his  holy  soul. 

2  In  long  complaints  he  spends  his  breath, 
While  hosts  of  hell  and  powers  of  death, 
And  all  the  sons  of  malice  join 

To  execute  their  cursed  design. 

3  Yet,  gracious  God,  thy  power  and  love 
Has  made  the  curse  a  blessing  prove  ; 
Those  dreadful  sufferings  of  thy  Son 
Atoned  for  sins,   which  we  had  done. 

4  The  pangs  of  our  expiring  Lord 
The  nonours  of  thy  law  restored  ; 
His  sorrows  made  thy  justice  known, 
And  paid  for  follies  not  his  own. 

5  O,  for  his  sake,  our  guilt  forgive, 
And  let  the  mourning  sinner  live  : 
The  Lord  will  hear  us  in  his  name, 
Nor  shall  our  hope  be  turnM  to  shame. 


PSALM     LXIX.     2d   Part.      L.  M.        (  fc  > 
Ver,  7,  Sec.     Christ's  Sufferings  and  Zeal. 

1  YipW  AS  for  my  sake,  eternal  God, 

*    Thy  Son  sustain'd  that  heavy  load 
Of  base  reproach  and  sore  disgrace, 
And  sname  defiled  his  sacred  face. 

2  The  Jews,  his  brethren  and  his  kin, 
Abused  the  man,  who  check'd  their  sin.  : 
While  he  fulfil'd  thy  holy  laws, 

They  hate  him,  but  without  a  cause, 

3  ("  My  Father's  house  (said  he)  was  made, 
44  A  place  for  worship,  not  for  trade  ;" 
Then  scattering  all  their  gold  and  brass, 
He  scourged  the  merchants  from  the  place. 

4  Zeal  for  the  te-nple  of  his  God 
Consumed  his  life,  exposed  his  blood  ; 
Reproaches  at  thy  glory  thrown 

He  felt,  and  mourn' d  them  as  his  own.) 


PSALM    LXXI.  141 


5  Hia  friends  forsook,  his  followers  fled, 
While  foes  and  arms  surround  his  head  ; 
They  curse  him  with  a  slanderous  tongue, 
And  the  false  judge  maintains  the  wrong. 

$  His  life  they  load  with  hateful  lies, 
And  charge  his  lips  with  blasphemies  ; 
They  nail  him  to  the  shameful  tree  ; 
There  hung  the  man,  who  died  for  me  ! 

7  (Wretches,  with  hearts  as  hard  as  stones 
Insult  his  piety  and  groans  ; 

Gall  was  the  food  they  gave  him  there, 
And  mock'd  his  thirst  with  vinegar.) 

8  But  God  beheld  ;  and  from  his  throne, 
Marks  out  the  men  who  hate  his  Son  ; 
The  hand  that  raised  him  from  the  dead, 
Shall  pour  due  vengeance  on  their  head. 

PSALM      LXXI.       1st  Part.     C.   M        (5   } 

Ver.  5 — 9.     The  aged  Saint's  Reflection  and  Hofie\ 

1  1VTV  God,  my  everlasting  hope, 
***'   I  live   upon  thy  truth  ; 

Thy  hands  have  held  my  childhood  up, 
And  strength en'd  all  my  youth. 

2  My  flesh  was  fashion'd  by  thy  power, 

With  all  these  limbs  of  mine  ; 
And  from  my  mothers  painful  hour 
I've  been  entirely  thine. 

3  Still  has  my  life  new  wonders  seen 

Repeated  every  year  ; 
Behold  my  days  that  yet  remain, 
I  trust  them  to  thy  care. 

4  Cast  me  not  off  when  strength  declines-, 

When  hoary  hairs  arise  ; 
And  round  me  let  thy  glories  shine, 
Whene'er  thy  servant  dies. 


Then  in  the  history  of  my  acre, 
When  men  review  my  days, 

They'll  read  thy  love  in  every  page, 
In  every  line  thy  praise. 


142  PSALM     LXXI. 

TSALM    LXXI.     2d  part.     C.  M.  (  *  ) 

Ver.  15,    14,  16,  23,22,  24. 

Cur  is  f  our  Strength  and  Righteousness, 

i  lyif  Y  Saviour,  my  almighty  Friend, 
lvJl  when  I  begin  thy  praise, 
Where  will  the  growing  numbers  end, 
The  numbers  of  thy  grace  ? 

2  Thou  art  my  everlasting  tiust, 

Thy  goodness  I  adore  ! 
And  since  I  knew  thy  graces  first, 
I  speak  thy  glories  more. 

3  My  feet  shall  travel  all  the  length 

Of  the  celestial  road  ; 
And  march  with  courage  in  thy  strength 
1  o  see  my  Father,  God. 

4  When  I  am  fill'd  with  sore  distress 

For  some  surprising  sin, 
I'll  plead  thy  perfect  righteousness, 
And  mention  none  but  thine* 

5  How  will  my  lips  rejoice  to  tell 

The  victories  of  my  King  I 
My  soul,  redeem'd  from  sin  and  hell, 
Shall  thy  salvation  sing. 

6  (  My  tongue  shall  all  the  day   proclaim 

My  Saviour  and  my  God  ; 
His  death  has  brought  my  foes  to  shame, 
And  drown'd  them  in  his  blood. 

7  Awake,  awake,  my  tuneful  powers  ; 

With  this  delightful  song  ; 

I'll  entertain  the  darkest  hours, 

Nor  think  the  season  long.) 


PSALM    LXXI.     3d  Part.     CM.       (  *  ) 

Ver.  17 — 21.     The  aged  Christian's  Prayer  and  Song  ;  or, 
Old  Age,  Death  and  the  Resurrection, 

1   (T^  OD  of  my  childhood,  and  my  youth, 
^-H*  The  guide  of  all  my  days, 
I  have  declared  thy  heavenly  truth, 
And  told  thv  wonderous  wavs. 


PSALM    LXXII.  143 

2  Wilt  thou  forsake  my  hoary  hairs, 
And  leave  my  fainting  heart  ? 
Who  shall  sustain  my  sinking  years, 
If  God,  my  strength,  depart  ! 

Let  me  thy  power  and  truth  proclaim 

To  the  surviving  age, 
And  leave  the  savour  ot  thy  name 

When  I  shall  quit  the  stage. 

The  land  of  silence  and  of  death 

Attends  my  next  remove  : 
O,  may  these  poor  remains  of  breath 

Teach  the  wide  world  thy   love  ! 
PAUSE. 
Thy  righteousness  is  deep  and  high, 

Unsearchable  thy  deeds  : 
Thy  glory  spreads  beyond  the  sky, 

And  all  my  praise  exceeds. 

Oft  have  I  heard  thy  threatening^  roar, 

And  oft  endured  the  grief: 
But  when  thy  hand  has  press'd  me  sore, 

Thy  grace  was  my  relief. 
By  long  experience  have  I  known 

Thy  sovereign  power  to  save  ; 
At  thy  command  I  venture   down 

Securely  to  the  grave. 

When  I  lie  buried  in  the  dust, 

My  flesh  shall  be  thy  care  ; 
These  withering  limbs  with  thee  I  trust, 

To  raise  them  strong  and  fair. 

PSALM    LXXII.     1st  Part.    L.  M.      (  #  ) 

The   Kingdom  of  Christ. 

GREAT  God  !  whose  universal  sway 
The  known  and  unknown  worlds  obey, 
Now  give  the  kingdom  to  thy  Son, 
Extend  his  power,  exalt  his  throne. 
Thy  sceptre  well  becomes  his  hands, 
All  heaven  submits  to  his  commands  : 
His  justice  shall  avenge  the  poor, 
And  pride  and  rage  prevail  no  more. 


144  PSALM     LXXII. 


o 


With  power  he  vindicates  the  just, 
And  treads  th'  oppressor  in  the  dust  : 
His  worship  and  his  fear  shall  last, 
'Till  hours,  and  years,  and  time  be  past. 

As  rain  on  meadows  newly  mown, 
So  shall  he  send  his  influence  down  : 
His  grace  on  fainting  souls  distils, 
Like  heavenly  dew  on  thirsty  hills. 

The  heathen  lands  that  lie  beneath 
The  shades  of  overspreading  death, 
Revive  at  his  first  dawning  light, 
And  deserts  blossom  at  the  sight. 

The  saints  shall  flourish  in  his  days, 
Dress'd  in  the  robes  of  joy  and  praise  ; 
Peace,  like  a  river,  from  his  throne 
Shall  flow  to  nations  yet  unknown. 


PSALM    LXXII.    2d  Part.     L.  M.      (    *  ) 

Chrises  Kingdom  among  the  Gentiles, 

i    "TTESUS  shall  reign  where'er  the  sun 
*$  Does  his  successive  journies  run  ; 
His  kingdom  stretch  from  shore  to  shore, 
'Till  moons  shall  wax  and  wane  no  more. 

2  (  Behold  the  islands,  with  their  kings, 
And  Europe  her  first  tribute  brings  ; 
From  north  to  south  the  Princes  meet 
To  pay  their  homage  at  his  feet. 

3  There  Persia,  glorious  to  behold, 
There  India  shines  in  eastern  gold  ; 
And  barb'rous  nations  at  his  word 
Submit,  and  bow.  and  own  their  Lord.) 

4  For  him  shall  endless  prayer  be  made, 
And  Princes  throng  to  crown  his  head  ; 
His  name,  like  sweet  perfume,  shall  rise 
With  every  morning  sacrifice. 

5  People  and  realms  of  every  tongue 
Dwell  on  his  love  with  sweetest  song  ; 
And  infant  voices  shall  proclaim 
Their  early  blessings  on  his  name* 


PSALM    LXXIII.  145 


6  Blessings  abound  where'er  he  reigns  ; 
The  prisoner  leaps  to  lose  his  chainsi 
The  weary  find  eternal  rest, 

And  all  the  sons  of  want  are  blest. 

7  ( Where  he  displays  his  healing  power, 
Death  and  the  curse  are  known  no  more  ; 
In  him  the  tribes  of  Adam  boast 

More  blessings  than  their  father  lost. 
3  Let  every  creature  rise  and  bring 
Peculiar  honours  to  our  King  ; 
Angels  descend  with  songs  again, 
And  earth  repeat  the  loud  Amen,) 


PSALM     LXXIII.     1st  Part.     CM.       (  b  ) 

Afflicted  Saints  hapfiij,  and  Prosperous  Sinners  cursed, 

1  MOW  I'm  convinced  the  Lord  is  kind 
-*-^   To  men  of  heart  sincere, 

Yet  once  my  foolish  thoughts  repined, 
And  border'd  on  despair. 

2  I  grieved  to  see  the  wicked  thrive, 

And  spoke  with  angry  breath,  « 

"  How  pleasant  and  profane  they  live  ! 
"  How  peaceful  is  their  death  ! 

3  «  With  well-fed  flesh  and  haughty  eyes 

u  They  lay  their  fears  to  sleep  ; 
"Against  the  heavens  their  slanders  rise, 

"  While  saints  in  silence  weep. 
^  "  In  vain  I  lift  my  hands  to  pray, 

"  And  cleanse  my  heart  in  vain  ; 
a  For  I  am  chasten'd  all  the  day  ;♦ 

"  The  night  renews  my  pain." 

5  Yet  while  my  tongue  indulged  complaints, 

I  felt  my  heart  reprove  ; 
"  Sure  I  shall  thus  offend  thy  saints, 
"  And  grieve  the  men  I  love." 

6  But  still  I  found  my  doubts  too  hard3 

The  conflict  too  severe, 
Till  I  retired  to  search  thy  word, 
And  learn  thy  secrets  there. 

7  There,  as  in  some  prophetic  glas^ 

I  saw  the  sinner's  feet 
N 


148  PSALM     LXXIV- 


Through  all  their  life  oppression  reigns, 
And  racks  the  humble  poor. 

5  Their  impious  tongues  blaspheme 
The  everlasting  God  : 

Their  malice  blasts  the  good  man's  name", 
And  spreads  their  lies  abroad. 

6  But  I,  with  flowing  tears, 
Indulged  my  doubts  to  rise  ; 

u  Is  there  a  God,  who  sees,  or  hears-, 
"  The  things  bek>w  the  skies  ?") 

7  The  tumults  of  my  thought 
Held  me  in  hard  suspense, 

Till  to  thy  house  my  feet  were  brought* 
To  learn  thy  justice  thence. 

3       Thy  word,  with  light  and  power, 
Did  my  mistakes  amend  ; 
I  view'd  the  sinner's  life  before, 
But  here  I  learn'd  his  end. 

9  On  what  a  slippery  steep 
The  thoughtless  wretches  go  U 

And  O,  that  dreadful,  fiery  deep, 
That  waits  their  fall  below  1  ' 

10  Lord,  at  thy  feet  I  bow, 

My  thoughts  no  more  repine  ; 
I  call  my  God  my  portion  now, 
And  all  my  powers  are  thine. 


PSALM   LXXIV.     CM.  (  fc  ) 

The  Church  filead'mg  with  God  under  sore  Persecution* 

1  "OTILL  God  forever  cast  us  off  ? 

™ "    His  wrath  forever  smoke 
Against  the  people  of  his  love, 
His  little,  chosen  flock  ? 

2  Think  of  the  tribes  so  dearly  bought 

With  their  Redeemer's  blood  ; 
Nor  let  thy  Zion  be  forgot, 
Where  once  thy  glory  stood. 

3  Lift  up  thy  feet,  and  march  in  haste. 

Aloud  our  ruin  calls  ; 


PSALM   LXXIV.  149 


See  what  a  wide  and  fearful  waste 
Is  made  within  thy  walls  ! 

4  Where  once  thy  churches  pray'd  and  sang, 

Thy  foes  profanely  roar  ; 
Over  thy  gates  their  ensigns  hang, 
Sad  tokens  of  their  power. 

5  How  are  the  scats  ot  worship  broke  ! 

They  tear  thy  buildings  down  ; 
And  he,  who  deals  the  heaviest  stroke, 
Procures  the  chief  renown. 

6  With  flames  they  threaten  to  destroy 

Thy  children  in  their  nest  ; 
"  Come,  let  us  burn  at  once,"  they  cry, 
M  The  temple  and  the  priest  V* 

7  And  still,  to  heighten  our  distress, 

Thy  presence  is  withdrawn  ; 
Thy  wonted  signs- of  power  and  grace) 
Thy  power  and  grace  are  gone. 

8  No  prophet  speaks  to  calm  our  woes, 

But  all  the  seers  mourn  ; 
There's  not  a  soul  among  us  knows 
The  time  of  thy  return. 

PAUSE. 

9  How  |ong,  eternal  God  !  how  long 

Shall  men  of  pride  blaspheme  ! 
Shall  saints  be  made  their  endless  song, 
And  bear  immortal  shame  ? 

10  Canst  thou  forever  sit  and  hear 

Thy  holy  name  profaned  ? 
And  still  thy  jealousy  forbear, 
And  still  withhold  thy  hand  ? 

1 1  What  strange  deliverance  hast  thou  shown 

In  ages  long  before  ! 
And  now,  no  other  God  we  own, 
No  other  God  adore. 

)2  Thou  didst  divide  the  raging  sea, 
By  thy  resistles  might, 
To  make  thy  tribes  a  wonderous  way> 
And  then  secure  their  flight. 


150  PSALM    LXXV. 

13  Is  not  the  world  of  nature  thine, 

The  darkness  and  the  day  ? 
Didst  thou  not  bid  the  morning  shine 
And  mark  the  sun  his  way  ? 

14  Hath  not  thy  power  form'd  every  coast-, 

And  set  the  earth  its  bounds, 
With  summer's  heat,  and  winter's  frost> 
In  their  perpetual  rounds  ? 

15  And  shall  the  sons  of  earth  and  dust 

That  sacred  power  blaspheme  ? 
Will  not  that  hand,  that  form'd  them  first* 
Avenge  thy  injured  name  ? 

16  Think  on  the  covenant  thou  hast  made, 

And  all  thy  words  of  love  :■ 

Nor  let  the  birds  of  prey  invade, 

And  vex  thy  mourning  dove. 

S7  Our  foes  would  triumph  in  our  blood1, 
And  make  our  hope  their  jest  : 
Plead  thy  own  cause,  Almighty  God, 
And  give  thy  children  rest. 


PSALM    LXXV.     L.  M.  (  #  ) 

Power  and  Government  from  God  alone. 

Applied  to  the  Declaration    of    American  Inde- 
pendence, July  4,  1776. 

l  P]pO  thee,  Most  Holy,  and  Most  High, 
*"•    To  thee  we  bring  our  thankful  praise  ; 
Thy  works  declare  thy  name  is  nigh, 
Thy  works  of  wonder  and  of  grace. 

3  To  bondage  doom'd,  thy  free-born  sons 
Beheld  their  foes  indignant  rise  ; 
And,  sore  oppress'd  by  earthly  thrones-, 
Appeal'd  to  Him,  who  rules  the  skies. 

3  They  from  thy  power  received  their  own, 
And  sought  to  rule  by  wholesome  laws  ; 
Through  thee  we  brought  oppressors  down  t 
Thy  arm  upheld  our  righteous  cause. 

4  Let  haughty  sinners  sink  their  pride, 
N.or  lift  eo  high  their  scornful  bead  ; 


PSALM     LXXVI.  15  1 


But  lay  their  foolish  thoughts  aside, 

And  yield  to  rights,  which  God  has  made, 

5  Distinction  never  comes  by  chance, 
Nor  do  the  winds  promotion  blow  ; 
'Tis  God,  the  Judge,  cloth  one  advance> 
'Tis  God,  who  lays  another  low. 

6  No  vain  pretence  to  royal  birth 
Shall  fix  a  tyrant  on  the  throne  ; 
God,  the  great  sovereign  of  the  earth, 
Will  make  the  Rights  of  Man  be  known. 

7  His  hand  holds  out  the  dreadful  cup 

Of  vengeance,  mix'd  with  various  plagues. 
To  make  the  wicked  drink  them  up, 
Wring  out,  and  taste  the  bitter  dregs. 

8  Now  shall  the  Lord  exalt  the  just  : 
And  while  he  tramples  on  the  proud* 
And  lays  their  glory  in  the  dust, 
Our  lips  shall  sing  his  praise  aloud. 


PSALM    LXXVI.     C.  M.  (   *  > 

Israel  saved  and  the  Assyrians  destroyed ;  or,    God's    Feth* 
geance  against  his  Enemies  fir oceeds  from  his  Church. 

i  TTN  Judah  God  of  old  was  known  $ 

■^  His  name  in  Israel,  great  ; 
"  In  Salem  stood  his  holy  throne* 
And  Zion  was  his  seat. 

2  Among  the  praises  of  his  saints* 

His  dwelling  there  he  chose  ; 
There  he  received  their  just  complaints 
Against  their  haughty  foes. 

3  From  Zion  went  his  dreadful  word, 

And  broke  the  threatening  spear, 
The  bow,  the  arrows,  and  the  sword, 
And  crush'd  th*  Assyrian  war. 

4  What  are  the  earth's  wide  kingdoms  else 

But  mighty  hills  of  prey  ? 
The  hill,  on  which  Jehovah  dwells, 
Is  glorious  more  than  they. 
3  'Twas  Zion's  King,  who  stopp'd  the  breath 
Of  captains  and  their  bands  i 


150  PSALM    LXXV. 


13  Is  not  the  world  of  nature  thine, 
The  darkness  and  the  day  ? 
Didst  thou  not  bid  the  morning  shine 
And  mark  the  sun  his  way  ? 

44  Hath  not  thy  power  form'd  every  coast-, 
And  set  the  earth  its  bounds, 
With  summer's  heat,  and  winter's  frost* 
In  their  perpetual  rounds  ? 

15  And  shall  the  sons  of  earth  and  dust 

That  sacred  power  blaspheme  ? 
Will  not  that  hand,  that  form'd  them  firsts 
Avenge  thy  injured  name  ? 

16  Think  on  the  covenant  thou  hast  made. 

And  all  thy  words  of  love  ? 

Nor  let  the  birds  of  prey  invade, 

And  vex  thy  mourning  dove. 

57  Our  foes  would  triumph  in  our  blood, 
And  make  our  hope  their  jest  : 
Plead  thy  own  cause,  Almighty  God, 
And  give  thy  children  rest. 


PSALM    LXXV.     L.  M.  (  *  ) 

Power  and  Government  from  God  alone. 

Applied  to  the  Declaration    of    American  Inde- 
pendence, July  4,  1776. 

l  PipO  thee,  Most  Holy,  and  Most  High, 
*"■    To  thee  we  bring  our  thankful  praise  ; 
Thy  works  declare  thy  name  is  nigh, 
Thy  works  of  wonder  and  of  grace. 

3  To  bondage  doom'd,  thy  free-born  sons 
Beheld  their  foes  indignant  rise  ; 
And,  sore  oppress'd  by  earthly  thrones-, 
Appeal'd  to  Him5  who  rules  the  skies. 

3  They  from  thy  power  received  their  own, 
And  sought  to  rule  by  wholesome  laws  ; 
Through  thee  we  brought  oppressors  down  f 
Thy  arm  upheld  our  righteous  cause. 

4  Let  haughty  sinners  sink  their  pride, 
Npr  lif>  so  high  their  scornful  head  § 


PSALM     LXXVI.  15J 


But  lay  their  foolish  thoughts  aside, 

And  yield  to  rights,  which  God  has  made, 

5  Distinction  never  comes  by  chance, 
Nor  do  the  winds  promotion  blow  ; 
'Tis  God,  the  Judge,  doth  one  advance> 
'Tis  God,  who  lays  another  low. 

6  No  vain  pretence  to  royal  birth 
Shall  fix  a  tyrant  on  the  throne  ; 
God,  the  great  sovereign  of  the  earth, 
Will  make  the  Rights,  of  Man  be  known. 

7  His  hand  holds  out  the  dreadful  cup 

Of  vengeance,  mix'd  with  various  plagues. 
To  make  the  wicked  drink  them  up, 
Wring  out,  and  taste  the  bitter  dregs. 

8  Now  shall  the  Lord  exalt  the  just  : 
And  while  he  tramples  on  the  proud> 
And  lays  their  giory  in  the  dust, 
Our  lips  shall  sing  his  praise  aloud. 


PSALM    LXXVI.     CM.  (   *  > 

Israel  saved  and  the  Assyrians  destroyed;  or )   God's    Fe7& 
geance  against  his  Enemies  proceeds  from  his  Church*. 

i  TTN  Judah  God  of  old  was  known  j 
■»>•  His  name  in  Israel,  great  ; 
In  Salem  stood  his  holy  throne,. 
And  Zion  was  his  seat. 

2  Among  the  praises  of  his  saints, 

His  dwelling  there  he  chose  ; 
There  he  received  their  just  complaints 
Against  their  haughty  foes. 

3  From  Zion  went  his  dreadful  word, 

And  broke  the  threatening  spear, 
The  bow,  the  arrows,  and  the  sword, 
And  crush'd  th*  Assyrian  war. 

4  What  are  the  earth's  wide  kingdoms  else: 

But  mighty  hills  of  prey  ? 
The  hill,  on  which  Jehovah  dwells, 
Is  glorious  more  than  they. 

5  'Twas  Zion's  King,  who  stopp'd  the  breath 

Of  captains  and  their  bands  ; 


152  PSALM    LXXVII. 


The  men  of  might  slept  fast  in  death, 
And  never  found  their  hands. 

6  At  thy  rebuke,  O  Jacob's  God, 

Both  horse  and  chari©t  fell  ! 
Wno  knows  the  terrours  of  tny  rod  I 
Thy  vengeance,  who  can  tell  1 

7  What  power  can  stand  before  thy  sight, 

When  once  thy  wrath  appears  ? 
When  heaven  shines  round  w»th  dreadful  light? 
Tne  earth  lies  still  and  fears. 

S  When  God,  m  his  own  sovereign  ways, 
Comes  down  to  save  th'  oppiess'd, 
The  wrath  of  man  shall  work  his  praise* 
And  he'll  restrain  the  rest. 

9  (  Vow  to  the  Lord,  and  tribute  bring  ; 

Ye  princes,  fear  his  frown  : 
His  terrours  shake  the  proudest  king, 
And  cut  an  army  down. 

10  The  thunder  of  his  sharp  rebuke 

Our  haughty  foes  shall  feel  : 
For  Jacob's  God  hath  not  forsook, 
But  dwells  in  Zion  still.) 


PSALM    LXXVII.     1st  part.     C.  M.     (  b  ) 

Melancholy  assaulting^  and  Ho  fie  prevailing. 

1  F]pO  God  I  cried  with  mournful  voice, 

«»-    I  sought  his  gracious  ear, 
In  the  sad  day,  when  troubles  rose, 
And  fill'd  the  night  with  fear. 

2  Sad  were  my  days,  and  dark  my  nights, 

My  soul  refused  relief  ; 
I  thought  on  God,  the  just  and  wise, 
But  thought  increased  my  grief* 

3  Still  I  complain'd,  and  still  oppress'd, 

My  heart  began  to  break  : 
My  God,  thy  wrath  forbade  my  rest, 
And  kept  my  eyes  awake. 

4  My  overwhelming  sorrows  grew 

Till  I  could  speak  no  more  j 


PSALM    LXXVII.  15 


Then  I  within  myself  withdrew, 
And  call'd  thy  judgments  o'er. 

5  I  call'd  back  years  and  ancient  times, 

When  I  beheld  thy  face  ; 
My  spirit  searched  for  secret  crimes, 
That  might  withhold  thy  grace. 

6  I  call'd  thy  mercies  to  my  mind, 

Which  I  enjoy 'd  before  : 
And  will  the  Lord  no  more  be  kind  I 
His  face  appear  no  more  ? 

7  Will  he  forever  cast  me  off  ? 

His  promise  ever  fail  ? 
Has  he  forgot  his  tender  love  ?" 
Shall  anger  still  prevail  ? 

8  But  I  forbid  this  hopeless  thought* 

This  dark,  despairing  frame, 
Remembering  what  thy  hand  hath  wrought  i 
Thy  hand  is  still  the  same. 

9  I'll  think  again  of  all  thy  ways* 

And  talk  thy  wonders  o'er  ; 
Thy  wonders  of  recovering  grace* 
When  flesh  could  hope  no  more. 

10  Grace  dwells  with  justice  on  the  thronti 

And  men,  who  love  thy  word, 
Have  in  thy  sanctuary  known 
The  counsels  of  the  Lord. 


PSALM    LXXVII.     2d  part.    C.  M.      (  b  ) 

Comfort  derived  from  ancient  Providences  ;    or,  Israel   d&> 
livered  from  Egujit  and  brought  to  Canaan, 

1  "THTOW  awful  is  thy  chastening  rod  ?" 
■**-•"•  (  May  thy  own  children  say) 
"  The  great,  the  wise,  the  dreadful  God, 
"  How  holy  is  his  way  !" 

2  I'll  meditate  his  works  of  old   ; 

The  King,  who  reigns  above, 
I'll  hear  his  ancient  wonders  toldj 
And  learn  to  trust  his  love. 

3  Long  did  the  house  of  Joseph  lie 

With  Egypt's  yoke  oppress'd  ; 


154  PSALM    LXXVHI. 


Long  he  delay'd  to  hear  their  cry, 
Nor  gave  his  people  rest. 

4  The  sons  of  good  old  Jacob  seem'cfr 

Abandon'd  to  their  foes  ; 
But  his  almighty  arm  redeemed 
The  nation,  that  he  chose. 

5  Israel,  his  people,  and  his  sheep, 

Must  follow  where  he  calls  ; 
He  bids  them  venture  through  the  deep# 
And  makes  the  waves  their  walls. 

6  The  waters  saw  thee,  mighty  God, 

The  waters  saw  thee  come  ; 
Backward  they  fled,  and  frighted  stood, 
To  make  thy  armies  room. 

7  Strange  was  thy  journey  through  the  sea3 

Thy  footsteps,  Lord,  unknown  ; 

Terrours  attend  the  wonderous  way, 

That  brings  thy  mercies  down. 

3  (  Thy  voice,  with  terrour  in  the  sound) 
Through  clouds  and  darkness  broke  y 
All  heaven  in  lightning  shone  around, 
And  earth  with  thunder  shook. 

9  Thy  arrows  through  the  skies  were  hurl'd 
How  glorious  is  the  Lord  ! 
Surprise  and  trembling  seized  the  worldr 
And  his  own  saints  adored. 
\0  He  gave  them  water  from  the  rock  ;. 
And  safe,  by  Moses'  hand, 
Through  a  dry  desert  led  his  flock 
Home  to  the  promised  land.) 


PSALM    LXXVIIL     1st  Part.     C.  M.     (  «  ) 

Providences  of  God  recorded  ;  or,  pious  Education  and  In> 
st ruction  of  Children, 

1  "1"  ET  children  hear  the  mighty  deeds, 
•^  Which  God  perform'd  of  old  ; 
Which  in  our  younger  years  we  saw, 
And  which  our  fathers  told. 

3  He  bids  us  make  his  glories  known  ; 
His  works  ot  power  and  grace  j 


PSALM    LXXVTII.  155 


And  we'll  convey  his  wonders  down, 

Through  every  rising  race. 
Our  lips  shall  tell  them  to  our  sons? 

And  they  again  to  theirs  ; 
That  generations  yet  unborn 

May  teach  them  to  their  heirs. 
Thus  shall  they  learn  in  God  alone 

Their  hope  securely  stands  ; 
That  they  may  ne'er  forget  his  works. 

But  practise  his  commands. 


PSALM     LXXVill.     2d  Part.      C.  M.     (  fc  ) 

Israel's  Rebellion  and  Punishment  ;  or>  the  Sins  and  Chas- 
tisements of  God's  People. 

1  fT\    WHAT  a  stiff,  rebellious  house 
^-*'  '  Was  Jacob's  ancient  race  \ 
False  to  their  own  most  solemn  vows, 

And  to  their  Maker's  grace. 

2  They  broke  the  covenant  of  his  love, 

And  did  his  laws  despise, 
Forgot  the  works  he  wrought  to  prove 
His  power  before  their  eyes. 

3  They  saw  the  plagues  on  Egypt  light, 

From  his  avenging  hand  ; 
What  dreadful  tokens  of  his  might 
Spread  o'er  that  stubborn  land  \ 
m  They  saw  him  cleave  the  mighty  sea, 
And  march  in  safety  through, 
With  watery  walls  to  guard  their  way, 
Till  they  had  'scaped  the  foe. 
5  A  wonderous  pillar  mark'd  the  road, 
Composed  of  shade  and  light  ; 
By  day  it  proved  a  sheltering  cloud, 
A  leading  fire  by  night. 
€  He  from  the  rock  their  thirst  supplied  ; 
The  gushing  waters  fell, 
And  ran  in  rivers  by  their  side, 
A  constant  miracle. 
7  Yet  they  provoked  the  Lord  most  high, 
And  dared  distrust  his  hand  ; 
"  Can  he  with  bread  our  hosts  supply 
«  Amidst  this  desert  land  ln 


U6  PSALM     LXXVIII. 


8  The  Lord  with  indignation  heard, 
And  caused  his  wrath  to  flame  ; 
His  terrours  ever  stand  prepared 
To  vindicate  his  name. 


PSALM    LXXVIII.     3d  part.     C.  M.     (  «  ) 

The  Punishment  of  Luxury   and  Intemperance  ;    or,  Chas. 

tisement  and  Salvation. 
:   "O^THEN  Israel  sins,  the  Lord  reproves, 
V  »     And  fills  their  hearts  with  dread  ; 
Yet  he  forgives  the  men  he  loves, 
And  sends  them  heavenly  bread. 

2  He  fed  them  with  a  liberal  hand, 

And  made  his  treasures  known  ; 
He  gave  the  midnight  clouds  command 
To  pour  provision  down. 

3  The  manna,  like  a  morning  shower, 

Lay  thick  around  their  feet  ; 
The  corn  of  heaven,  so  light,  so  pure, 
As  though  'twere  angels'  meat, 

4  But  they  in  murmuring  language  said, 

"  Manna  is  all  our  least, 
"  We  loathe  this  light,  this  airy  bread  ; 
"  We  must  have  flesh  to  taste." 

5  «  Ye  shall  have  flesh  to  please  your  lust," 

The  Lord,  in  wrath,  replied  ; 
And  sent  them  quails,  like  sand  or  dust, 
Ileap'd  up  from  side  to  side. 

6  He  gave  them  all  their  own  desire  ; 

And  greedy  as  they  fed, 
His  vengeance  burn'd  with  secret  fire, 
And  smote  the  rebels  dead. 

7  When  some  were  slain,  the  rest  return'd, 

And  sought  the  Lord  with  tears  ; 
Under  the  rod  they  fear'd  and  mourn'd, 
But  soon  forgot  their  fears. 

S  Oft  he  chastised,  and  still  forgave,  ^ 
Till,  by  his  gracious  hand, 
The  nation,  he  resolved  to  save, 
Possess'd  the  promised  land. 


PSALM     LXXVI11,    LXXX.  1 57 


PSALM     LXXV1II.     L.  M.  (  b  ) 

Ver.  32,  Sec.     Backsliding  and  Forgiveness  ;  or,   Sin  Pun- 
ished, and  Xaints  saved. 

RE  AT  God,  how  oft  did  Israel  prove 
By  turns  thy  anger  and  thy  love  X 
There,  in  a  glass,  our  hearts  may  see 
How  fickle  and  how  false  they  be. 

<2  How  soon  the  faithless  Jews  forgot 

The  dreadful  wonders  God  had  wrought  I 
Then  they  provoke  him  to  his  face, 
Nor  fear  his  power,  nor  trust  his  grace. 

3  The  Lord  consumed  their  years  in  pain, 
And  made  their  travels  long  and  vain  ; 
A  tedious  march  through  unknown  ways, 
Wore  out  their  strength,  and  spent  their  days. 

4.  Oft  when  they  saw  their  brethren  slain, 
They  mourn 'd,  and  sought  the  Lord  again  ; 
Call'd  him  the  Rock  of  their  abode, 
Their  high  Redeemer,  and  their  God. 

5  Their  prayers  and  vows  before  him  rise> 
As  flattering  words,  or  solemn  lies  ; 
While  their  rebellious  tempers  prove 
False  to  his  covenant  and  his  love. 

6  Yet  did  his  sovereign  grace  forgive 
The  men,  who  ne'er  deserved  to  live  ; 
His  anger  oft  away  he  turn'd, 

Or  else,  with  gentle  flame  it  burn'd. 

7  He  saw  their  flesh  was  weak  and  frail, 
He  saw  temptations  still  prevail ; 
The  God  of  Abraham  loved  them  still, 
And  led  them  to  his  holy  hill. 


PSALM    LXXX.     L.  M.  (  fc  ) 

The  Church's  Prayer  under  JJfliction  3  or,  the  Vineyard  oj 
God  wasted* 

1   (T*  RE  AT  ShepheTd  of  thine  Israel, 
^""  Who  dos^^between  the  cherubs  dwell. 
Who  led  the  tribes,  thy  chosen  sheep, 
Safe  through  the  desert  and  the  deeps 
O 


PSALM     LXXX. 


2  Thy  church  is  in  the  desert  now, 

Shine  from  on  high,  and  guide  us  through  ; 
Turn  us  to  thee,  thy  love  restore  ; 
We  shall  be  saved,  and  sigh  no  more. 

3  Great  God,  whom  heavenly  hosts  obey, 
How  long  shall  we  lament  and  pray, 
And  wait  in  vain  thy  kind  return  ? 
How  long  shall  thy  fierce  anger  burn  ? 

4  Instead  of  wine,  and  cheerful  bread, 
Thy  saints  with  their  own  tears  are  fed  : 
Turn  us  to  thee,  thy  love  restore  ; 

We  shall  be  saved,  and  sigh  no  more. 
PAUSE  I. 

0  Hast  thou  not  planted  with  thy  hands 
A  lovely  vine,  in  heathen  lands? 
Did  not  thy  power  defend  it  round, 
And  heavenly  dews  enrich  the  ground  ? 

6  How  did  the  spreading  branches  shoot, 
And  bless'd  the  nations  with  ttieir  fruit  I 
But  now,  dear  Lord,  look  down  and  see 
Thy  mourning  vine,  that  lovely  tree. 

7  Why  is  its  beauty  thus  defaced  ? 
Why  hast  thou  laid  her  fences  waste  ? 
Strangers  and  foes  against  her  join, 
And  every  beast  devours  the  vine. 

8  Return,  Almighty  God,  return  ; 

Nor  let  thy  bleeding  vineyard  mourn  I 
Turn  us  to  thee,  thy  love  restore  ; 
We  shall  be  saved,  and  sigh  no  more. 

PAUSE  H. 

9  Lord,  when  this  vine  in  Canaan  grew, 
Thou  wast  its  strength,  and  glory  too  ; 
Attack'd  in  vain  by  all  its  foes, 

Till  the  fair  Branch  of  Promise  rose- 

10  Fair  Branch,  ordain'd  of  old  to  shoot 
From  David's  stock,  from  Jacob's  root  ; 
Himself  a  noble  vine,  and  we 

The  lesser  branches  of  the  tree. 

1 1  'Tis  thy  own  Son  !  and  he  shall  stand, 
Girt  with  thy  strength,  at  thy  right  hand  ; 


PSALM    LXXXI,    LXXXII.  155 

^^— ■  — — ■  ^  ^  j ^^ 

Thy  first-born  Son,  adorn'd  and  blest 
With  power  and  grace  above  the  rest. 

12  Oh  !  for  his  sake,  attend  our  cry  ; 
Shine  on  thy  churches,  lest  thy  die  : 
Turn  us  to  thee,  thy  love  restore  ; 
We  shall  be  saved,  and  sigh  no  more. 


PSALM    LXXXL     S.  M.  (  %  ) 

Ver.  1,  S — -16.     The  Warnings  of  God  to  his  People  ;   oi> 
Spiritual  Blessings  and  Punishments. 

1  OING  to  the  Lord  aloud, 

^  And  make  a  cheerful  noise  ; 
God  is  our  strength,  our  Saviour  God, 
Let  Israel  hear  his  voice. 

2  "From  vile  idolatry 

"  Preserve  my  worship  clean  ; 
"I  am  the  Lord,  who  set  thee  free 
"  From  slavery  and  sin. 

3  "  Stretch  thy  desires  abroad, 
"  And  I'll  supply  them  well  : 

"  But  if  ye  will  refuse  your  G<?d3 
"  If  Israel  will  rebel ; 

4  «  I'll  leave  them,"  saith  the  Lord, 
"  To  their  own  lusts,  a  prey, 

"  And  let  them  run  the  dangerous  road  ; 
«  'Tis  their  own  chosen  way. 

S-      «  Yet,  O,  that  all  my  saints 

11  Would  hearken  to  my  voice  ; 
"  Soon  would  I  ease  their  sore  complaints^ 
"  And  bid  their  hearts  rejoice. 

6       "  While  I  destroy'd  their  foes, 
"  I'd  richly  feed  my  flock  ; 
"And  they  should  taste  the  stream  that  flows 
"  From  their  eternal  Rock." 


PSALM    LXXXII.     L.  M.  (   *  J 

God,  the  Supreme  Govemour  ;  or.  Magistrates  warned. 

i     A.  MONG  the  assemblies  of  the  great, 
"•  A  greater  ruler  takes,  his  seat  ;# 


160  PSALM    LXXXIII. 


The  God  of  heaven,  as  Judge,  surveys 
Those  gods  on  earth,  and  all  their  ways. 

2  Why  will  ye  then  frame  wicked  laws  ? 
Or  why  support  th*  unrighteous  cause  ? 
When  will  ye  once  defend  the  poor, 
That  sinners  vex  the  saints  no  more* 

.3  They  know  not,  Lord,  nor  will  they  know  ; 
Dark  are  the  ways  in  which  they  go  : 
Their  name  of  earthly  gods  k  vain, 
For  they  shall  fall  and  die,  like  men. 

4  Arise,  O  Lord,  and  let  thy  Son 
Possess  his  universal  throne, 
And  rule  the  nations  w.th  his  rod  $ 
He  is  our  Judge,  and  he  our  God. 


PSALM     LXXXIII.     S.  M.  (  b  7 

Jl  Complaint  against  Persecutors, 

AND  will  the  God  of  Grace 
•**■  Perpetual  silence  keep  ? 
The  God  of  Justice  hold  his  peace, 
And  let  his  vengeance  sleep  ? 

Behold,  what  cursed  snares 
The  men  of  mischief  spread  ; 
The  men,  who  hate  thy  saints,  and  thrt: 
Lift  up  their  threatening  head. 

Against  thy  hidden  ones 
Their  counsels  they  employ, 
And  malice,  with  her  watchful  eye- 
Pursues  them  to  destroy. 

The  noble  and  the  base 
Into  thy  pastures  leap  ; 
The  lion  and  the  stupid  ass 
Conspire  to  vex  thy  sheep. 

"  Come,  let  us  join,"  they  cry, 
M  To  root  them  from  the  ground. 
«  Till  not  the  name  of  saints  remaim 
"  Nor  memory  shall  be  found." 

i       Awake,  Almighty  God, 

And  call  thy  wrath  to  mind  ; 


PSALM    LXXXIV.  161 


Give  them,  like  forests,  to  the  fire, 
Or  stubble  to  the  wind. 

Convince  their  madness,  Lord, 
And  make  them  seek  thy  name  ; 
Or  else  their  stubborn  rage  confound", 
That  they  may  die  in  shame. 

Then  shall  the  nations  know 
That  glorious,  dreadful  word, 
Jehovah  is  thy  name  alone, 
And  thou  the  sovereign  Lord. 


, 


PSALM    LXXXIV.     1st  Part.     L.  M.    (  *  } 

Tfe  Pleasure  of  Public  Worship. 

MOW  pleasant,  how  divinely  fair, 
O,  Lord  of  Hosts,  thy  dwellings  are  ! 
With  long  desire  my  spirit  faints 
To  meet  th*  assemblies  oi  thy  saints. 

I  My  flesh  would  rest  in  thy  abode  ; 
My  panting  heart  cries  out  for  God  ; 
My  God  I  my  King  I  why  should  I  be 
So  far  from  all  my  joys  and  thee  I 

3  The  sparrow  chooses  where  to  rest, 
And  for  her  young  provides  her  nest  •:•■ 
But  will  my  God  to  sparrows  grant 
That  pleasure,  which  his  children  want  i 

4  Blest  are  the  saints,  whasit  on  high, 
Around  thy  throne  of  majesty  ; 
Thy  brightest  glories  shine  above, 
And  all  their  work  is  praise  and  love, 

5  Blest  are  the  souls,  who  find  a  place 
Within  the  temple  of  thy  grace  ; 
There  they  behold  thy  gentler  rays, 
And  seek  thy  face,  and  learn  thy  praise, 

6  Blest  are  the  men,  whose  hearts  are  set 
To  find  the  way  to  Zion's  gate  : 

God  is  their  strength,  and  through  the  road 
They  lean  upon  their  helper,  God. 

7  Cheerful  they  walk,  with  growing  strength? 
Till  all  shall  meet  in  heaven  at  length  ; 
Till  all  before  thy  face  appear, 

And  join  in  nobler  worship  there-. 


462  PSALM   LXXXIV. 


PSALM    LXXXIV.    2d  Part.     L.  M.     (    *  ) 

God  and  his  Church  ;  or,  Grace  and  Glory. 

t   4Ti  REAT  God,  attend,  while  Zion  sings 
^JT  The  joy,  that  from  thy  presence  springs  ; 
To  spend  one  day  with  thee,  on  earth, 
Exceeds  a  thousand  days  of  mirth. 

2  Might  I  enjoy  the  meanest  place 
Within  thy  house,  O  God  of  Grace  ; 
Not  tents  of  ease,  nor  thrones  of  power. 
Should  tempt  my  feet  to  leave  thy  door. 

3  God  is  our  sun  ;  he  makes  our  day  : 
God  is  our  shield  ;  he  guards  our  way 
From  all  the  assaults  of  hell  and  sin, 
From  foes  without,  and  foes  within* 

4  All  needful  grace  will  God  bestow, 
And  crown  that  grace  with  glory  too  : 
He  gives  us  all  things,  and  withholds 
No  real  good  from  upright  souls. 

3  O  God,  our  King,  whose  sovereign  sway, 
The  glorious  hosts  in  heaven  obey  ; 
And  devils,  at  thy  presence,  flee  ; 
Blest  is  the  man,  who  trusts  in  thee. 


PSALM    LXXXIV.     C.    M.  (  3*  ) 

Ver.  &)  4*  2,  3,  10,  Paraphrased.     Delight  in  Ordinances 
of  Worship  ;  or,  God  present  in  his  Churches, 

1  TMTY  soul,  how  lovely  is  the  place, 
lvJl  To  which  thy  God  resorts  ! 
'Tis  heaven  to  see  his  smiling  face, 

Though  in  his  earthly  courts. 

2  There  the  great  Monarch  of  the  skies 

His  saving  power  displays  ; 
And  light  breaks  in  upon  our  eyes, 
With  kind  and  quickening  rays. 

3  With  his  rich  gifts  the  Heavenly  Dove 

Descends  and  fills  the  place, 
While  Christ  reveals  his  wonderous  love) 
And  sheds  abroad  his  grace. 

4  There,  mighty  God,  thy  words  declare 

The  secrets  of  thy  will  } 


PSALM    LXXX1V.  163 

And  still  we  seek  thy  mercy  there, 
And  sing  thy  praises  still. 

PAUSE. 

5  My  heart  and  flesh  cry  out  for  thee, 

While  far  from  thine  abode  : 
When  shall  I  tread  thy  courts,  and  see 
My  Saviour  and  my  God  ? 

6  The  sparrow  builds  herself  a  nest, 

And  suffers  no  remove  ; 
O,  make  me,  like  the  sparrows,  blest, 
To  dwell  but  where  I  love. 

7  To  sit  one  day  beneath  thy  eye, 

And  hear  thy  gracious  voice, 
Exceeds  a  whole  eternity 
Employ 'd  in  carnal  joys. 

8  Lord,  at  thy  threshold   I  would  wait, 

While  Jesus  is  within, 
Rather  than  fill  a  throne  of  state, 
Or  live  in  tents  of  sin. 

9  Could  I  command  the  spacious  land, 

And  the  more  boundless  sea, 
For  one  blest  hour  at  thy  right  hand 
I'd  give  them  both  away. 


PSALM   LXXXIV.     H.     M.  ( 

Longing  for  the  House  of  God, 

LORD,  of  the  worlds  above, 
How  pleasant  and  how  fair 
The  dwellings  of  thy  love, 
Thy  earthly  temples  are  ! 
To  thine  abode     My  heart  aspires, 
With  warm  desires,     To  see  my  God. 

The  sparrow  for  her  young, 

With  pleasure,  seeks  a  nest, 

And  wandering  swallows  long 

To  find  their  wonted  rest  : 
My  spirits  faints,     With  equal  zeal, 
To  rise  and  dwell    Among  thy  saints. 

O,  happy  souls,  who  pray 
Where  God  appoints  to  hear  i 


>64  PSALM     LXXXV. 


O,  happy  men,  who  pay 
Their  constant  service  there  ! 
They  praise  thee  still  ;     And  happy  they- 
Who  love  the  way     To  Zion's  hill  ! 

They  go  from  strength  to  strength, 

Through  this  dark  vale  of  tears, 

Till  each  arrives  at  length, 

Till  each  in  heaven  appears  : 
O  glorious  seat  !     When  God,  our  Kingj 
Shall  thither  bring     Our  willing  feet  ! 
PAUSE, 

To  spend  one  sacred  day 

Where  God  and  saints  abider 

Affords  divider  joy 

Than  thousand  days  beside  : 
Where  God  resorts,    I  love  it  more 
To  keep  the  door,     Than  shine  in  courts. 

God  is  our  sun  and  shield^ 

Our  light  and  our  defence  ; 

WTith  gifts  his  hands  are  fiil'd, 

We  draw  our  blessings  thence  : 
He  shall  bestow  On  Jacob's  race 
Peculiar  grace     And  glory  too. 

The  Lord  his  people  loves  ; 

His  hand  no  good  withholds 

From  those  his  heart  approves5 

From  pure  and  pious  souls  : 
Thrice  happy  he,     O  God  of  Hosts, 
Whose  spirit  trusts     Alone  in  thee  \ 


PSALM    LXXXV.     1st  Part.     L.  M.      (  *  ) 

Ver.  1 — 3.      Waiting  for  an  Answer  to   Prayer  \    ort  De- 
liverance begun  and  co?nfileted. 

1  TT  ORD,  thou  hast  call'd  thy  grace  to  mind  ; 
■"  Thou  hast  reversed  our  heavy  doom  : 

So  God  foigave  when  Israel  sinn'd, 

And  brought  his  wandering  captives  home. 

2  Thou  hast  begun  to  set  us  free, 
And  made  thy  fiercest  wrath  abate  ; 
Now  let  our  hearts  be  turn'd  to  thee^ 
And  thy  salvation  p$  complete , 


PSALM    LXXXV,     LXXXVf.  &6* 


Revive  our  dying  graces,   Lord, 
And  let  thy  saints  in  thee  rejoice  ; 
Make  known  thy  truth,  fulfil  thy  word  ; 
We  wait  for  praise  to  tune  pur  voice. 
We  wait  to  hear  what  God  will  say  ; 
He'il  speak  and  give  his  people  peace  : 
But  let  them  run  no  more  astray, 
Lest  his  returning  wrath  increase. 


PSALM    LXXXV.    2d  part.     L.  M.       {  # 

Ver.  9,  &c-    Salvation  by  Chris  r. 

i   QALVATION  is  forever  nigh 

*3  To  souls,  who  fear  and  trust  the  Lord  J 
And  grace,  descending  from  on  high, 
Fresh  hopes  of  glory  shall  afford. 

2  Mercy  and  truth  on  earth  are  met, 

Since  Christ,  the  Lord,  came  down  from  heav*fr« 
By  his  obedience,  so  complete, 
Justice  is  pleased,  and  peace  is  given. 

$  Now  truth  and  honour  shall  abound, 
Religion  dwell  on  earth  again7 
And  heavenly  influence  bless  the  ground'? 
In  our  Redeemer's  gentle  reign. 

4  His  righteousness  is  gone  before, 
To  give  us  free  access  to  God  : 
Our  wandering  feet  shall  stray  no  more, 
But  mark  his  steps,  and  keep  the  road. 


PSALM    LXXXVI.     C.  M.  (  & 

Ver.  8 13.     A  general  Song-  of  Praise  to  God* 

>      k  MONO  the  princes,  earthly  gods, 
-£»•  There's  none  hath  power  divine  ; 
Nor  is  their  nature,  mighty  Lord, 
Nor  are  their  works  like  thine. 

2  The  nations  thou  hast  made  shall  bring 

Their  offerings  round  thy  throne  ; 
For  thou  alone  dost  woftde'rous  things. 
For  thou  art  God  alone. 

3  Lord,  I  would  walk  with  holy  feel  ; 

Teach  ma  thy  heavenly  Ways, 


J66  PSALM    LXXXVII,     LXXXIX. 


And  my  poor  scattered  thoughts  unite 
In  God,  my  Father's  praise. 

4  Great  is  thy  mercy,  and  my  tongue 
Shall  those  sweet  wonders  tell, 
How  by  thy  grace  my  sinking  soul 
Rose  from  the  deeps  of  hell. 


-*»2 


PSALM    LXXXVII.     L.  M.  (  *  ) 

The  Church  the  Birth-place  of  the    Saints  ;  or>  Jeive  and 
Gentiles  united  in  the  Christian  Church, 

1  (GrOD  in  his  earthly  temPle  lays 

^*  Foundations  for  his  heavenly  praise  : 
He  likes  the  tents  of  Jacob  well, 
But  still  in  Zion  loves  to  dwell. 

2  His  mercy  visits  every  house 
That  pay  their  night  and  morning  vows  ; 
But  makes  a  more  delightful  stay 
Where  churches  meet  to  praise  and  pray. 

3  What  glories  were  described  of  old  ! 
What  wonders  are  of  Zion  told  ! 
Thou  city  of  our  God  below, 
Thy  fame  shall  Tyre  and  Egypt  know. 

4  Egypt  and  Tyre,  and  Greek  and  Jew, 
Shall  there  begin  their  lives  anew  : 
Angels  and  men  shall  join  to  sing 
The  hill  where  living  waters  spring. 

5  When  God  makes  up  his  last  account 
Of  natives  in  his  holy  mount, 
'Twill  be  an  honour  to  appear 
As  one  new-born,  or  nourish'd  there  ! 


PSALM    LXXXIX.     1st  Part.    L.  M.     (  %  ) 

The  Covenant  made  with  Christ  ;  or,  the  true  Pavid. 

FOREVER  shall  my  song  record 
The  truth  and  mercy  of  the  Lord  ; 
Mercy  and  truth  forever  stand, 
Like  heaven,  estabJish'd  by  his  hand. 
2  Thus  to  his  Son  he  sware,  and  said, 
"  With  thee  my  covenant  first  is  made  ; 


PSALM     LXXXIX.  m 


**  In  thee  shall  dying  sinners  live  ; 
"  Glory  and  grace  are  thine  to  give. 

S  "  Be  thou  my  Prophet,  thou  my  Priest  ; 
"  Thy  children  shall  be  ever  blest  ; 
"  Thou  art  my  chosen  King  ;  thy  throne 
"  Shall  stand  eternal,  like  my  own. 

4  "  There's  none  of  ail  my  sons  above 
"  So  much  my  image  or  my  love  ; 
"  Celestial  powers  thy  subjects  are  : 

"  Then  what  can  earth  to  thee  compare  ? 

5  "*David,  my  servant,  whom  I  chose, 

"  To  guard  my  flock,  to  crush  my  foes, 
"  And  raised  him  to  the  Jewish  throne, 
"  Was  but  a  shadow  of  my  Son." 

4L  Nov/  let  the  church  rejoice  and  sing 
Jesus,  her  Saviour  and  her  King  ; 
Angels  his  heavenly  wonders  show, 
And  saints  declare  his  works  below. 


PSALM    LXXXIX.     ist  part.     C.  M.    {  »  ) 

The  Faithfulness  of  God. 

|   lVirY  never-ceasing  songs  shall  show 
lvJL  Tne  mercies  of  the  Lord  ; 
And  make  succeeding  ages  know, 
How  faithful  is  his  word. 

2  The  sacred  jtruths,  his  lips  pronounce. 
Shall  firm  as  heaven  endure  ; 
And  if  he  speak  a  promise  once, 
Th'  eternal  grace  is  sure. 

s5  How  long  the  race  of  David  held 
The  promised  Jewish  throne  ! 
But  there's  a  nobler  covenant  seal'd 
To  David's  greater  Son. 

4  His  seed  forever  shall  possess 
A  throne  above  the  skies  ; 
The  meanest  subject  of  his  grace 
Shall  to  that  glory  rise. 

$  Lord  God  of  Hosts,  thy  wonderous  ways 
Are  sung  by  saints  above  ; 
And  saints  on  earth  their  honours  raise 
To  thy  unchanging  love. 


m«  PSALM     LXXXIX. 


PSALM    LXXXIX.     2d  tart.     C.  M.     (  b  ) 
Ver.  7,  r:c. 
The  Power  and  MqjtBty  of  God  ;  or,  Reverential  Worship 
*    "W1 '^  reverence  let  the  saints  appear, 
*  v    And  bow  before  the  Lord  ; 
His  high  commands  with  reverence  hear, 
And  tremble  at  his  word. 
0  How  terrible  thy  glories  be  \ 
How  bright  thy  armies  shine  ! 
Where  is  the  power  that  vies  with  thee  ' 
Or  truth  compared  with  thine  ? 
S  The  northern  pole  and  southern  rest 
On  thy  supporting  hand  ; 
Darkness  and  day  from  east  to  west 
Move  round  at  thy  command. 
1-  Thy  words  the  raging  winds  control, 
And  rule  the  boisterous  deep  ; 
Thou  makest  the  sleeping  billows  roll, 
The  rolling  billows  sleep. 
;   Heaven,  earth,  and  air,  and  sea  are  thine, 
And  the  dark  world  of  hell  : 
How  did  thine  arm  in  vengeance  shine, 
When  Egypt  durst  rebel  ! 

■£  Justice  and  judgment  are  thy  throne, 
Yet  wonderous  is  thy  grace  ; 
WTh:let;uth  and  mercy,  join'd  in  one, 
Invite  us  near  thy  face. 


PSALM     LXXXIX.     3d  Part.     C.  IvI.      ( 
Ver.  15,  fee.      A  blessed  Gospel. 

1  TOLEST  are  the  souls,  who  hear  and  know 
**  The  gospel's  joyful  sound  ; 

Peace  shall  attend  the  paths  they  go, 
And  light  their  steps  around. 

2  Their  joy  shall  bear  their  spirits  up, 

Through  their  Redeemer's  name; 
His  righteousness  exalts  their  hope, 
Nor  Satan  dares  condemn, 
o  The  Lord,  our  glory  and  defence, 
Strength  and  salvation   gives  : 
Israel,  thy  King,  forever  reigns, 
Thy  God  forever  lives. 


PSALM    LXXXIX.  16* 


PSALM      LXXXIX.     4th   Part.     C.  M.     (  *  ) 

Ver.  19,  &c,       Christ's  mediatorial  Kingdom  j  or>  his  Di* 
vine  and   Human  A'ature, 

1  TLJTEAR  what  the  Lord  in  vision    said, 
•**■•"•  And  made  his  m  rcy  known  : 

"  Sinners,  behold  your  help  is  laid, 
"  On  my  Almighty  Son. 

2  »  Behold  the  man  my  wisdom  chose 

"  Among  your  mortal  race  ; 
"His  head  my  holy  oil  o'erflows, 
"  The  Spirit  of  my  grace. 

3  "  High  shall  he  reign  on  David's  throne, 

"  My  people's  better  King  ; 
"My  arm  shall  beat  his  rivals  down, 
"  And  still  new  subjects  bring. 

4  «  My  truth  shall  guard  him  in  his  way, 

«  With  mercy  by  his  side, 
"  While  in  my  name,  through  earth  and  sea, 
"  He  shall  in  triumph  ride. 

$  «  Me   for  his  Father  and  his  God 
"  He  shall  forever  own, 
«  Call  me   his  rock,  his   high  abode, 
"  And  I'll  support  my  Son. 

6  «  My  first-born  Son,   array'd  in  grace, 
"  At  my  right  hand  shall  sit ; 
"  Beneath  him  angels  know  their  place, 
"  And  monarchs  at  his  feet. 

$  "My  covenant  stands  forever  fast; 
"  My  promises  are  strong  ; 
<*  Firm  as  the  heavens  his  throne  shall  last, 
"  His  seed  endure  as  long." 


PSALM    LXXXIX.     5th  Part.    CM.      (  &  ) 

Ver.   30,  8cc.       The  Covenant  of  Grace  unchangeable  $  «r3 
Afflictions  without  Rejection. 

\  "  "^ET,  saith  the  Lord,  if  David's  race, 
-"•    "  The  children  of  my  Son, 
"  Should  break  my  laws,  abuse  rny  grace, 
n  And  tempt  my  anger  down  ^ 

P 


!fO  PSALM    LXXXIX. 


2  "Their  sins  I'll  visit  with  the  rod, 

"  And  make  their  folly  smart  ; 
«  But  I'll  not  cease  to  be  their  God, 
«  Nor  from  my  truth  depart. 

3  "  My  covenant  I  will  ne'er  revoke, 

"  But  keep  my  grace  in  mind  ; 
«  And  what  eternal  love  hath  spoke, 
"  Eternal  truth  shall  bind. 

4  "  Once  have  I  sworn,  (  I  need  no  more  ) 

«  And  pledged  my  holiness, 
«'  To  seal  the  sacred  promise  sure 
"  To  David  and  his  race. 

5  "  The  sun  shall  see  his  offspring  rise, 

"  And  spread  from   sea  to  sea, 
"Long  as  he  travels  round  the  skies, 
"  To  give  the  nations  day. 

6  "  Sure  as  the  moon,  that  rules  the  night, 

"  His  kingdom  shall  endure, 
ft  Till  the  fix'd  laws  of  shade  and  light 
"  Shall  be  observed  no  more." 


PSALM     LXXXIX.     2d  Part.     L.   M.     (  b  ) 

Ver.  47,  &c.     Mortality  and  Uofie. 
A  Funeral  Psalm. 

1  ID  EMEMBER,  Lord,  our  mortal  state  ; 
£&  How  frail  our  life  !  how  short  the  date  ! 
Where  is  the  man,  who  draws  his  breath 
Safe  from  disease,  secure  from  death  ? 

2  Lord,  while  we  see  whole  nations  die, 
Our  flesh  and  sense  repine  and  cry, 

«  Must  death  forever  rage  and  reign  ? 
"  Or  hast  thou  made  mankind  in  vain  '? 

$  "  Where  is  thy  promise  to  the  just  ? 
««  Are  not  thy  servants  turn'd  to  dust  r" 
But  faith  forbids  these  mournful  sighs, 
And  sees  the  sleeping  dust  arise. 

4  That  glorious  hour,  that  dreadful  day, 
Wipes  the  reproach  of  saints  away, 
And  clears  the  honour  of  thy  word  : 
Awake,  our  souls,  and  bless  the  Lord; 


PSALM    LXXXIX,     XC.  171 

PSALM    LXXXIX.     L.  P.  M.  (   b) 

Ver.  47,  Sec.     -Life)  Death,  and  the  Resurrection. 

THINK,  mighty  God,  on  feeble  man, 
How   few  his  hours  !  how  short  his  span  J 
Short  from  the  cradle   to  the  grave  ! 
Who  can  secure  his  vital  breath 
Against  the  bold  demands  of  death, 
With  skill  to  fly,  or  power  to  save  ? 

Lord,  shall  it  be  forever  said, 

**  The  race  of  man  was  only  made 

"  For  sickness,  sorrow,  and  the  dust  frt 
Are  not  thy  servants  day  by  day 
Sent  to  their  graves  and  turn'd  to  clay  ? 

Lord,  where's  thy  kindness  to  the  just  I 

Hast  thou  not  promised  to  thy  Son 
And  all  his  seed  a  heavenly  crown  ? 

But  flesh  and  sense  indulge  despair  } 
Forever  blessed  be  the  Lord, 
That  iaith  can  read  his  holy  word, 

And  find  a  resurrection  there. 

For  ever  blessed  be  the  Lord, 
Who  gives  his  saints  a  long  reward, 

For  all  their  toil,  reproach  and  pain  $ 
Let  all  below,  and  all   above 
Join  to  proclaim  thy  wonderous  love, 

And  each  repeat  a  loud  Amen. 


PSALM     XC.     L.  M.  (  b  ) 

Man  Mortal,  and  God  Eternal. 
A  mournful  Song  at  a  Funeral. 
\  FipHROUGH  every  age,  eternal  God, 
*    Thou  art  our  rest,  our  §^ie  abode  ; 
High  was  thy  throne  ere    heaven  was  made, 
Or  earth,  thy  humble  footstool,  laid. 

3  Long  hadst  thou   reign'd  ere  time  began^ 
Or  dust  was  fashion'd  into  man  ; 
And  long  thy  kingdom  shall  endure 
When  earth  and  time  shall  be  no  more*. 

S  But  man,  weak  man,  is  born  to  die, 
Made  up  of  guilt  and  vanity  ; 


172  PSALM     XC. 


Thy  dreadful  sentence,  Lord,  was  just,— 
"  Return,  ye  sinners,  to  your  dust  I" 

4  (A  thousand  of  our  years  amount 
Scarce  to  a  day  in  thy  account; 
Like  yesterday's  departed  light, 

Or  the  last  watch  of  ending  night) 

PAUSE, 

5  Death,  like  an  over-flowing  stream, 
Sweeps  us  away  ;  our  life's  a  dream  ; 
An  empty  tale  ;  a  morning  flower- 
Cut  down  and  wither' d  in  an  hour. 

6  (  Our  age  to  seventy  years  is  set  ; 

How  short  the  term  !  how  frail  the  stat* 

And  if  to  eight/  we  arrive, 

We  rather  sigh  and  groan,  than  live. 

7  But  O  I  how  oft  thy  wrath  appears, 
And  cuts  off  our  expected  years  ! 
Thy  wrath  awakes  our  humble  dread  ; 
We  fear  the   power  that  strikes  us  dead. 

8  Teach  us,  O  Lord,  how  frail  is  man, 
And  kindly  lengthen  out  our  spanv 
'Till  a  wise  care  of  piety 

Fit  us  to  die,  and  dwell  with  thee. 


PSALM    XC.     1st  Part.    C.  M.         [  fe  I 

Ver.  I — 5.     Man  Frail)  and  God  Eternah 

,UR  God,  our  help  in  ages  past, 
Our  hope  for  years  to  come, 
Our  shelter  from  the  stormy  blast, 
And  our  eternal  home  : 

2  Under  the  shadow  of  thy  throne, 

Thy  saints  have  dwelt  secure  ; 
Sufficient  is  thy  arm  alone, 
And  our  defence  is  sure. 

3  Before  the  hills  in  order  stood, 

Or  earth  received  her  frame, 
From  everlasting  thou  art  God, 
To  endless  years  the  same. 

<$  Thy  word  commands  our  flesh  to  dust, 
V  Return  ye  sons  of  men  ;" 


PSALM    X€.     •  173 


All  nations  rose  from  earth  at  first, 
And  turn  to  earth  again. 

A  thousand  ages  in  thy  sight 

Are,  like  an  evening,  gone  ; 
Short  as  the  watch  that  ends  the  night 

Before  the  rising  sun. 
(The  busy  tribes  of  flesh  and  bloody 

With  all  their  lives  and  cares, 
Are  carried  downwards  by  the  floodj 

And  lost  in  following  years. 

Time,  like  an  ever-rolling  stream. 

Bears  all  its  sons  away  ; 
They  fly,  forgotten,  as  a  dream 

Dies  at  the  opening  day. 

Like  flowery   fields  the  nations  stand, 
Pleased  with  the  morning  light  ; 

The  flowers  beneath  the  mower's  hand. 
Lie  withering  ere   'tis  night.) 

Our  God,  our  help  in  ages  past, 
Our  hope  for  years  to  come  ; 

Be  thou  our  guard  while  troubles  last* 
And  our  eternal  home. 


JPSALM     XC.     2d  Part.     C.  M.  (  b  } 

Ver.  8,   II,  9,   10,   12.     Infirmities  and  Mortality,  the  Ef> 
feet  of  Sin  ;.  or,  Life,  Old  Age,  and  Preparation  for  Death 

1  "|T  ORD,  if  thine  eyes  survey  our  faults, 
-*-A  And  justice  grows  severe, 
Thy  dreadful  wrath  exceeds  our  thoughts^ 
And  burns  beyond  our  fear. 

•2  Thine  anger  turns  our  frame  to  dust : 
By  one  offence  to  thee  ; 
Adam,  with  all  his  sons,  have  lost 
Their  immortality. 

0  Life,  like  a  vain  amusement,  flies, 
A  fable  or  a  song  \ 
By  swift  degrees  our  nature  die% 
Nor  can  our  joys  be  long. 

4  'Tis  but  a  few,  whose  days  amount 
Tq  three  scxjre  years  and  ten  3 
PS 


174  PSALM     XC. 


And  all  beyond  that  short  account 
Is  sorrow,  toil,  and  pain. 

(  Our  vitals  with  laborious  strife 

Bear  up  the  crazy  load, 
And  drag  those  poor  remains  of  life 

Along  the  tiresome  road.) 

Almighty  God,  reveal  thy  love, 

And  not  thy  wrath  alone  ; 
O,  let  our  sweet  experience  prove 

The  mercies  of  thy  throne. 
Our  souls  would  learn  the  heavenly  art 

T'  improve  the  hours  we  have, 
That  we  may  act  the  wiser  part ; 

And  live  beyond  the  grave. 


PSALM     XC.     3d  Part.     C.  M.  (  b  ) 

Ver.  13,  Sec.     Breathing  after  Heaven, 
*  10)  ETUliN,  O  God  of  love,  return  ; 
It^  Earth  is  a  tiresome  place  ; 
How  long  shall  we,   thy  children,  mourn 
Our  absence  from  thy  face  ? 

2  Let  heaven  succeed  our  painful  years> 

Let  sin  and  sorrow  cease  ; 

And  in  proportion  to  our  tears, 

So  make  our  joys  increase. 

3  Thy  wonders  to  thy  servants  show, 

Make  thy  own  work  complete  ; 
Then  shall  our  souls  thy  glory  know, 
And  own  thy  love  is  great. 

4  Then  shall  we  shine  before  thy  throne 

In  all  thy  beauty,  Lord  ; 
And  the  poor  service  we  have  done 
Meet  a  divine  reward. 


PSALM    XC.     S.  M.  (  b  ) 

Ver.  5,  10,   12.     The  Frailty  and  Shortness  of  Life. 
For  a  Funeral. 

LORD,  what  a  feeble  piece 
Is  this,  our  mortal  frame  ! 
Our  life,  how  poor  a  trifle  Ms, 
That  scarce  deserves  the  name  I 


PSALM     XCI.  175 


Alas  I  the  brittle  clay, 
That  built  our  bodies  first  ! 
And  every  month  and  every  clay 
They're  mouldering  back  to  dust* 

Our  moments  fly  apace. 
Nor  will  our  minutes  stay  ; 
Just  like  a  flood  our  hasty  days 
Are  sweeping  us  away. 

Well,  if  our  days  must  fly, 
We'll  keep  their  end  in  sight  ; 
We'll  spend  them  all  in  wisdom's  way, 
And  let  them  speed  their  flight. 

They'll  waft  us  sooner  o'er 
This  life's  tempestuous  sea  : 
Soon  we  shall  reach  the  peaceful  shore 
Of  blest  eternity. 


PSALM     XCI.     L.  M.  (  *  ) 

Ver.  1—7.     Safety  in  Public  Diseases  and  Dangers  ^ 

1  TPfE,  who  hath  made  his  refuge,  God, 
*"*  Shall  find  a  most  secure  abode  ; 
Shall  walk  all  day  beneath  his  shade, 
And  there  at  night  shall  rest  his  head. 

2  Then  will  I  say,  "  My  God,  thy  power 
"  Shall  be  my  fortress  and  my  tower  : 
«  I,  who  am  form'd  of  feeble  dust, 

"  Make  thy  Almighty  Arm   my  trust/' 

3  Thrice  happy  man  !  thy  Maker's  care 
Shall  keep  thee  from  the  fowler's  snare : 
Satan,  the  fowler,  who  betrays 
Unguarded  souls  a  thousand  ways. 

4  Just  as  a  hen  protects  her  brood, 

(  From  birds  of  prey  that  seek  their  blood,) 
Under  her  feathers,  so  the  I  ord 
Makes  his  own  arm  his  peoples'  guard. 

5  If  burning  beams  of  noon  conspire 
To  dart  a  pestilential  fire, 

God  is  their  life,  his  wings  are  spread 
To  shield  them  with  a  healthful  shade. 


176  PSALM     XCI. 


6  If  vapours  with  malignaOt  breath 
Rise  thick,  and  scatter  midnight  death, 
Israel  is  sate  :   the  poison'd  air 
Grows  pure,  if  Israel's  God  be  there. 

PAUSE. 

7  What  though  a  thousand  at  thy  side, 
At  tny  right  hand  ten  tiiousands  died  I 
Thy  God  h,s  chosen  people  saves, 
Among  the  dead,  amidst  the  graves* 

$  So  when  he  sent  his  angel  down, 
To  make  his  wrath  in  Egypt  known, 
And  slew  their  sons,  his  careful  eye 
Pass'd  all  the  doors  or  Jacob  by. 

9  But  if  the  fire,  or  plague,  or  sword, 
Receive  commission  from  the  Lord, 
To  strike  his  saints  among  the  rest, 
Their  very  pains  and  deaths  are  blest. 

10  The  sword,  the  pestilence  or  fire, 
Shall  but  fulfil  their  best  desiie  ; 
From  sins  and  sorrows  set  them  free, 
And  bring  thy  children,  Lord,  to  thee. 


PSALM     XCI.     C.  M.  (  *  ) 

Ver.  9 — 16.     Protection  from  Death,    Guard  of  Angels$ 
Victory  and  Deliverance* 

E  sons  of  men,  a  feeble  race, 
Exposed  to  every  snare, 
Come,  make  the  Lord  your  dwelling  place, 
And  try,  and  trust  his  care. 

3  No  ill  shall  enter  where  you  dwell  j 
Or  if  the  plague  come  nigh, 
And  sweep  the  wicked  down  to  hell,. 
'Twill  raise  his  saints  on  high. 

3  He'll  give  his  angels  charge  to  keep 

Your  feet  in  all  your  ways  ; 
To  watch  your  pillow  while  you  sleep, 
And  guard  your  happy  days. 

4  Their  hands  shall  bear  you,  lest  you  fall. 

And  dash  against  the  stones  ; 

Are  they  not  servants  at  his  call, 

And  sent  t'  attend  his  sons  I 


PSALM     XC1I.  177 


Adders  and  lions  ye  shall  tread  ; 

The  tempter's  wiles  defeat  ; 
He,  who  hath  broke  the  serpent's  head> 

Puts  him  beneath  your  feet. 

"  Because  on  me  they  set  their  love, 
"  1*11  save  them,    saith  the  Lord, 

"  I'll  bear  their  joyful  souls  above 
"  Destruction,  and  the  sword. 

"  My  grace  shall  answer  when  they  call  i 

"  In  trouble  I'll  be  nigh  ; 
"  My  power  shall  help  them  when  they  fall, 

"  And  raise  them  when  they  die. 

"  Those  who  on  earth  my  name  have  known* 

"  I'll  honour  them  in  heaven  : 
"There  my  salvation  shall  be  shown* 

*  And  endless  life  be  given." 


PSALM     XCII.     1st  Part.     L.  M.        (  &  > 
A  Psalm  for  the  Lord's  Day. 

1  OWEET  is  the  work,  my  God,  my  King, 
^  To  praise  thy  name  give  thanks  and  sing  » 
To  show  thy  love  by  morning  light. 

And  talk  of  all  thy  truth  at  niglu. 

2  Sweet  is  the  day  of  sacred  rest, 

No  mortal  care  shall  seize  my  breast  : 
O  may  my  heart  in  tune  be  found, 
Like  David's  harp  of  solemn  sound. 

3  My  heart  shall  triumph  in  my  Lord, 
And  bless  his  works,  and  bless  his  word  : 
Thy  works  of  grace  how  bright  they  shine  I 
How  deep  thy  counsels  !  how  divine  ! 

4  Fools  never  raise  their  thoughts  so  high  ; 
Like  brutes  they  live,  like    brutes  they  die 
Like  grass  they  flourish,  till  thy  breath 
Blast  them  in  everlasting  death. 

5  But  I  shall  share  a  glorious  part, 
When  grace  hath  well  refined  my  heart, 
And  fresh  supplies  of  joy  are   shed, 
Like  holy  oil  to  cheer  my  head. 

6  Sin,  my  worst  enemy  before, 

Shall  vex  my  eyes  and  ears  no  more  ; 


178  PSALM    XCII,     XCIII. 

My  inward  foes  shall  all  be  slain, 
Nor  Satan  break  my  peace  again. 

7  Then  shall  I  see,  and  hear,  and  know 
All  I  desired  or  wish'd  below  ; 
And  every  power  find  sweet  employ 
In  that  eternal  world  of  joy. 


PSALM     XCII.     2d  Part.     L.  M.         (  *  ) 
Yer.  12,  Sec      The  Church  is  (he  Garden  of  Gqq* 

1  "IT   ORD,  'tis  a  pleasant  thing  to  stand 
-"-^  In  gardens  planted  by  thy  hand  ; 
Let  me  within  thy  courts  be  seen, 
Like  a  young  cedar,  fresh  and  green, 

2  There  grow  thy  saints  in  faith  and  love, 
Bless'd  with  thy  influence  from  above  j 
Not  Lebanon,  with  all  its  trees, 
Yields  such  a  comely  sight  as  these. 

3  The  plants  of  grace  shall  ever  live  ; 
Nature  decays,  but  grace  must  thrive  : 
Time,  that  doth  all  things  else  impair, 
Still  makes  them  flourish  strong  and  fair. 

4  Laden  with  fruits  of  age,  they  shew 
The  Lord  is  holy,  just  and  true  : 
None,  who  attend  his  gates,  shall  find 
A  God,  unfaithful  or  unkind. 


PSALM     XCIII.     L.  M.  (  &  ) 

The  Eternal  and  Sovereign  God, 

1    TTEHOVAH  reigns  ;  he  dwells  in  light, 

•J  Girded  wilh  majesty  and  might  : 

The  world,  created  by  his  hands, 

Still  on  its  first  foundation  stands. 
2-  But  ere  this  spacious  world  was  made> 

Or  had  its  first  foundation  laid, 

Thy  throne  eternal  ages  stood, 

Thyself  the  ever  living  God. 
3  Like  floods  the  angry  nations  rise, 

And  aim  their  rage  against  the  skies  ; 

Vain  floods,  that  aim  their  rage  so  high  t 

At  thy  rebuke  the  billows  die. 


PSALM    XCIIT.  179 


Forever  shall  thy  throne  endure  ; 
Thy  promise  stands  forever  sure  ; 
And  everlasting  holiness 
Becomes  the  dwellings  of  thy  grace, 


PSALM     XCIII.     P.  M.     10s  and  lis.      [  &  ] 

THE  Lord  of  Glory  reigns,  he  reigns  on  high  : 
His  robes  of  state  are  strength  and  majesty  : 
This  wide  creation  rose  at  his  command, 
Built  by  his  word  and  'stablished  by  his  hand  : 
Long  stood  his  throne  ere  he  began  creation, 
And  his  own  Godhead  is  the  firm  foundation. 

God  is  th'  eternal  King  :  thy  foes  in  vain 

Pvaise  their  rebellions  to  confound  thy  reign  : 

In  vain  the  storms,  in  vain  the  floods  arise, 

And  roar,  and  loss  their  waves  against  the  skies  : 

Foaming  at  heaven,  they  rage  with  wild  commotion, 

But  heaven's  high  arches  scorn  the  swelling  ocean/ 

Ye  tempests,  rage  no  more  ;  ye  floods,  be  still  ; 
And  the  mad  world  submissive  to  his  will  : 
Built  on  his  truth,  his  church  must  ever  stand  ; 
Firm  are  his  promises,  and  strong  his  hand  . 
See  his  own  sons,  when  they  appear  before  him, 
Bow  at  his  footstool,  and  with  fear  adore  him. 


PSALM     XCIII.     S.  P.  M.       4  6s  Sc  2  8s.     [  %  % 

FIPHE  Lord,  Jehovah,  reigns, 
■"■    And  royal  state  maintains, 
His  head  with  awful  glories  crown'd  ; 

Array'd  in  robes  of  light, 

Begirt  with  sovereign  might, 
And  rays  of  majetsy  around. 

Upheld  by  thy  commands, 

The  world  securely  stands  ; 
And  skies  and  stars  obey  thy  word «: 

Thy  throne  was  fix'd  on  high 

Before"  the  starry  sky  ; 
Eternal  is  thy  kingdom,  Lord. 

In  vain  the  noisy  crowd, 
Like  billows  fierce   and  loud, 
Against  thy  empire  rage  and  roars 
In  vain,  with  angry  spite, 


130  PSALM     XCIV. 


1'he  surly  nations  fight, 
And  dash,  like  waves,  against  the  shore. 

4  Let  floods  and  nations  rage, 
And  all  their  powers  engage  : 

Let  swelling  tides  assault  the  sky  ; 

The  terrours  of  thy  frown 

Shall  beat  their  madness  down  ; 
Thy  throne  forever  stands  on  high. 

5  Thy  promises  are  true, 
Thy  grace  is  ever  new  ; 

There  fix'd,  thy  church  shall  ne'er  remove  : 

Thy  saints  with  holy  fear 

Shall  in  thy  courts  appear, 
And  sing  thy  everlasting  love. 

gCT*  Refieat  the  fourth  stanza,  if  necessary. 

PSALM    XCIV.     1st  Part.     CM,         [  fc>  1 

Ver,  1,  2,  7 14.     Sabits  chastised,  and  Sinners  destroyed; 

or,  instructive  Afflictions, 

1  rx  GOD,  to  whom  revenge  belongs, 
v  Proclaim  thy  wrath  aloud  ; 

Let  sovereign  power  redress  our  wrongs, 
Let  justice  smite  the  proud. 

2  They  say,  "  The  Lord   nor  sees,  nor  hears  ;" 

When  will  the  fools  be  wise  ! 
Can  he  be  deaf,  who  form'd  their  ears  ? 

Or  blind,  who  made  their  eyes  ? 
S  He  knows  their  impious  thoughts  are  vain, 

And  they  shall  feel  his  power  ; 
His  wrath  shall  pierce  their  souls  with  pain> 

In  some  surprising  hour. 

4  But  if  thy  saints  deserve  rebuke, 

Thou  nast  a  gentler  rod  ; 
Thy  providences  and  thy  book 

Shall  make  them  know  their  God. 

5  Blest  is  the  man  thy  hands  chastise, 

And  to  his  duty  draw  : 
Thy  scourges  make  thy  children  wise, 
When  they   forget  thy  law. 

6  But  God  will  ne'er  cast  off  his  saints* 

Nor   his  own  promise  break ; 
He  pardons  his  inheritance, 
For  *keir  Redeemer's  sake. 


PSALM    XCIV,    XCV.  181 


PSALM     XCIV.     2d  Part.     CM        (  fc,  ) 

Ver.   16 — 23.     God,  our  Sufi/iort  and  Comfort ;  or,  Deliv- 
erance from  Temfitation  and  Persecution* 

1  MTHO  will  arise  and  plead  my  right 

™*     Against  my  numerous  foes? 
While  earth  and  hell  their  force  unite, 
And  all  my  hopes  oppose. 

2  Had  not  the  Lord,  my  rock,  my  help, 

Sustain'd  my  fainting  head, 
My  life  had  now  in  silence  dwelt, 
My  soul  among  the  dead. 

"3  "  Alas,  my  sliding  feet  !  "  I  cried  ; 
Thy  promise  was  my  prop  : 
Thy  grace  stood  constant  by  my  side  ; 
Thy  spirit  bore  me  up. 

4  While  multitudes  of  mournful  thoughts 

Within  my  bosom  roll, 
Thy  boundless  love  forgives  my  faults* 
Thy  comforts  cneer  my  soul. 

5  Powers  cf  iniquity  may  rise, 

And  frame  pernicious  laws  ; 
But  God,  my  refuge,  rules  the  skies, 
He  will  defend  my  cause. 

6  Let  malice  vent  her  rage  aloud  ; 

Lefbold  blasphemers  scoff ; 
The  Lord,  our  God,  shall  judge  the  proud, 


And  cut  the  sinners  off. 


PSALM     XCV.     C.     M. 

A  Psalm  before  Prayer. 

a  OING  to  the  Lord  Jehovah's  name, 
*-*  And  in  his  strength  rejojr.e  ; 
When  his  salvation  is  our  theme, 
Exalted  be  our  voice, 

fr  With  thanks  approach  his  awful  sight, 
And  psalms  of  honour  sing  ; 
The  Lord's  a  God  of  boundless  might. 
The  whole  creation's  King. 

3  Let  pr'nces  hear,  let  angels  know, 
How  mean  their  natures  seenr, 

Q 


(*) 


132  PSALM     XCV. 


Those  gods  on  high,  and  gods  below, 
When  once  compared  with  him. 

4  Earth,  with  its  caverns  dark  and  deep, 

Lies  in  his  spacious  hand  ; 
He  fix'd  the  seas  what  bounds  to  keep, 
And  where  the  hills  must  stand. 

5  Come,  and  with  humble  souls  adore, 

Come,  kneel  before  his  face  ; 
O,  may  the  creatures  of  his  power 
Be  children  of  his  grace. 

6  Now  is  the  time  he  bends  his  ear, 

And  waits  for  your  request  ; 
Come,  lest  he  rouse  his  wrath,  and  swear, 
"  Ye  shall  not  see  my  rest." 


PSALM    XCV.     S.  M.  (  *  ) 

A  Psalm  before  Sermons 

1  |p*OME  sound  his  praise  abroad, 
^  And  hymns  of  glory  sing  ; 

-Jehovah  is  the  sovereign  God, 
The  universal  King. 

2  He  form'd  the  deeps  unknown  ; 
He  gave  the  seas  their  bound  ; 

The  watery  worlds  are  all  his  own, 
And  all  the  solid  ground. 

3  Come,  worship  at  his  throne, 
Come,  bow  before  the  Lord  : 

We  are  his  works,  and  not  our  own, 
He  form'd  us  by  his  word. 

4  To-day  attend  his  voice, 
Nor  dare  provoke  his  rod  ; 

Come,  like  the  people  of  his  choice, 
And  own  your  gracious  God. 

5  But  if  your  ears  refuse 
The  language  of  his  grace, 

And  hearts  grow  hard,  like  stubborn  Jew4, 

That  unbelieving  race  ; 
0       The  Lord,  in  vengeance  dress'd, 

Will  lift  his  hand  and  swear, 
*<  You,  who  despise  my  promised  rest, 

"Shall  have  no  portion  there  Vs 


PSALM    XCV,    XCVI.  1&3 

PSALM     XCV.     L.   M.  (  %  ) 

Ver.  1,  2,  3,  6 — 11.      Canaan  lost   through    Unbelief;  or* 
a  Warnmg  to    delaying  Sinners. 

1  /pOME,  let  our  voices  join  to  raise 
^■^  A  sacred  song  of  solemn  praise  : 
God  is  a  sovereign  King,  rehearse 
His  honours  in  exalted  verse. 

2  Come,  let  our  souls  address  the  Lord, 

Who  framed  our  natures  with  his  word  i 
He  is  our  shepherd  ;  we  the  sheep, 
His  mercy  chuse,  his  pastures  keep. 

3  Come,  let  us  hear  his  voice  to-day, 
The  counsels  of  his  love  obey  ; 
Nor  let  our  harden'd  hearts  renew 
The.  sins  and  plagues  that  Israel  knew. 

4  Israel,  who  saw  his  works  of  grace, 
Tempted  their  Maker  to  his  face  ; 
A  faithless,  unbelieving  brood  ! 
Who  tired  the  patience  of  their  God. 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  "  How  false  they  prove  4 
"  Forget  my  power  ;  abuse  my  love  ! 

"  Since  they  despise  my  rest,  I  swear, 
"  Their  feet  shall  never  enter  there." 

6  ( Look  back,  my  soul,  with  holy  dread, 
And  view  those  ancient  rebels  dead  ; 
Attend  the  offer'd  grace  to-day, 

Nor  lose  the  blessing  by  delay.) 

7  Seize  the  kind  promise  while  it  waitsr 
And  march  to  Zion's  heavenly  gates  z 
Believe,  and  take  the  promised  rest  ; 
Obey,  and  be  forever  bless'd. 


PSALM     XCVI.     CM.  (   *  ) 

Ver.  I,  10,  &c.     Christ's  First  and  Second  coming, 

SING  to  the  Lord,  ye  distant  lands, 
Ye  tribes  of  every  tongue  : 
His  new-discover'd  grace  demands 
A  new  and  nobler  song. 

Say  to  the  nations,  Jesus  reigns, 
God's  own  almighty  Son  ; 


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His  power  the  sinking  world  sustains, 
And  grace  surrounds  his  throne. 

3  Let  heaven  proclaim  the  joyful  day, 

Joy  through  the  earth  be  seen  ; 
Let  cities  shine  in  bright  array, 
And  fields  in  cheerful  green. 

4  Let  an  unusual  joy  surprise 

The  islands  of  the  sea  : 
Ye  mountains  sink,  ye  vallies  rise, 
Prepare  the  Lord  his  way. 

5  Behold,  he  comes  1  he  comes  to  bless 

The  nations,  as  their  God  ; 
To  show  the  world  his  righteousness, 
And  send  his  truth  abroad* 

6  But  when  his  voice  shall  raise  the  dead, 

And  bid  the  world  draw  near, 
How  will  the  guilty  nations  dread 
To  see  their  Judge  appear  J 


PSALM     XCVI,    L.  P.  M.  (  %  ) 

The  God  of  the  Gentiles. 

1-  "IT  ET  all  the  earth  their  voices  raise, 
-»-^  To  sing  the  choicest  psaim  of  praise} 

To  sing  and  bless  Jehovah's  name  : 
His  glory  let  the  heathens  know, 
His  wonders  to  the  nations  show, 

And  all  his  saving  works  proclaim, 

2  The  heathens  know  thy  glory,  Lord  ; 
The  wondering  nations  read  thy  word  ; 

Among  us  is  Jehovah  known  : 
Our  worship  shall  no  more  ba  paid 
To  gods,  which  mortal  hands  have  made  ; 

Our  Maker  is  our  God  alone. 

3  He  framed  the  p:lobe,  he  built  the  sky  ; 
He  mude  the  sinning  worlds  on  high, 

And  reigns  complete  in  glory  there  '. 
His  beams  are  majesty  and  light  ; 
His  beauties,  how  divinely  bright  ! 

His  temple,  iiow  divinely  fair  1 


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4  Come,  the  great  day,  the  glorious  hour, 
When  earth  shall  feel  his  saving  power, 

And  barbarous  nations  fear  his  name  : 
Then  shall  the  race  of  man  confess 
The  beauty  of  his  holiness, 

And  in  his  courts  his  grace  proclaim. 


PSALM    XCV1I.     1st  Part.    L.  M.      (  %  ) 

Ver.  1 — 5.     Chris  f  reigning  in  Heaven,  and  coming  to 
Judgment. 

1  "O  E  reigns  !  the  Lord,  the  Saviour  reigns  \ 
^•^  Praise  him  in  evangelic  strains  ; . 

Let  the  whole  earth  in  songs  rejoice, 
And  distant  islands  join  their  voice. 

2  Deep  are  his  counsels  and  unknown  ; 
But  grace  and  truth  support  his  throne  : 
Though  gloomy  clouds  his  way  surround> 
Justice  is  their  eternal  ground. 

3  In  robes  of  judgment,  lo,  he  comes  ! 
Shakes  the  wide  earth  and  cleaves  the  tombs  j 
Before  him  burns  devouring  fire, 

The  mountains  melt,  the  seas  retire. 

4  His  enemies,  with  sore  dismay, 

Fly  from  the  sight,  and  shun  the  day  ; 
Then  lift  your  heads,  ye  saints,  on  high, 
And  sing,  for  your  redemption's  nigh! 


PSALM    XCVII.    2d  Part.     L.  M.       ( 

Ver.  6 — 9.     Chujs^s  Incarnation. 

1  PipHE  Lord  is  come,  the  heavens  proclaim 

JL   His  birth  ;  the  nations  learn  his  name  i 
An  unknown  star  directs  the  road 
Of  eastern  sages  to  their  God. 

2  All  ye  bright  armies  of  the  skies, 
Go,  worship  where  the  Saviour  lies  ! 

•    Angels  and  kings  before  him  bow, 
Those  gods  on  high,  and  gods  below. 

3  Let  idols  totter  to  the  ground, 

And  their  own  worshippers  confound  i 
But  Judah  shout,  but  Zion  sing, 
And  earth  cqnfess  her  sovereign  Kin^, 
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PSALM     XCVII.     3d  Part.     L.  M.        (  %  ) 

Grace  and  Glory. 

1  TpH'  Almighty  reigns,  exalted  high, 

«*-    O'er  all  the  earth,  o'er  all  the  sky  ; 
Though  clouds  and  darkness  veil  his  feet, 
His  dwelling  is  the  mercy-seat. 

2  O  ye,  who  love  his  holy  name, 
Hate  every  work  of  sin  and  shame  ; 
He  guards  the  souls  of  all  bis  friends. 
And  from  the  snares  of  hell  defends. 

$  Immortal  light,  and  joys  unknown, 
Are  for  the  saints  in  darkness  sown  ; 
Those  glorious  seeds  shall  spring  and  rise. 
And  the  bright  harvest  biess  our  eyes. 

4  Rejoice,  ye  righteous,  and  record 
The  sacred  honours  of  the  Lord  ; 
None  but  the  soul,  who  feels  his  grace, 
Can  triumph  in  his  holiness. 


PSALM    XCVII.     C.  M.  ( 

Ver.  1,  3,  5—7,  11. 
CnRisr*8  Incarnation,  and  the  last  Judgment, 

\  ^\7"E  islands  of  the  northern  sea, 
J*-    Rejoice,  the  Saviour  reigns  ; 
His  word,  like  fire,  prepares  his  way, 
And  mountains  melt  to  plains. 

2  His  presence  sinks  the  proudest  hUIs. 

And  makes  the  vallies  rise  ; 
The  humble  soui  enjoys  his  smiles, 
The  haughty  sinner  dies. 

3  The  heavens  his  rightful  power  proclaim  j 

The  idol  gods  around 
Fill  their  own  worshippers  with  shame, 
And  totter  to  the  ground. 

4  Adoring  angels,  at  his  birth, 

Make  the  Redeemer  known  ; 
Thus  shall  he  come  to  judge  the  earth., 
And  angels  guard  his  throne. 

5  His  foes  shall  tremble  at  the  sight* 

And  hills  and  seas  retire  ; 


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His  children  take  their  unknown  flight, 
And  leave  the  world  on  fire. 

The  seeds  of  joy  and  glory  sown 

For  saints  in  durkiwss  here, 
Shall  rise  and  spring  in  worlds  unknown, 

And  a  rich  harvest  bear. 


FSALM    XCVIII.     1st  part.     CM.      (  3S  ) 

Praise  for  the  Gosfiel. 

1  PTpO  our  Almighty  Maker,  God, 

■"■   New  honours  be  address'd  ; 
His  great  salvation  shines  abroad. 
And  makes  the  nations  bless'd, 

2  He  spake  the  word  to  Abraham  first, 

His  truth  fulfils  the  grace  ; 
The  Gentiles  make  his  name  their  trust, 
And  learn  his  righteousness. 

3  Let  the  whole  earth  his  love  proclaim 

With  ail  her  different  tongues  ; 
And  spread  the  honours  of  his  name 
In  melody  and  songs. 


PSALM    XCVIII.     2d  part.     C.  M.      (  %  ) 

The  Messiah's  Cuming  and  Kingdtm, 

OY  to  the  world  !  the  Lord  is  come  ! 
Let  earth  receive  her  King  : 
Let  every  heart  prepare  him  room, 
And  heaven  and  nature  sing. 

Joy  to  the  earth  !  the  Saviour  reigns  I 

Let  men  their  songs  employ  ; 
While  fields  and  floods,  rocks,  hills  and  plains 

Repeat  the  sounding  joy. 

No  more  let  sins  and  sorrows  grow, 

Nor  thorns  infest  the  ground  ; 
He  comes  to  make  his  blessings  flow,  ■ 

Far  as  the  curse  is  found. 

He  rules  the  world  with  truth  and  grace, 

And  makes  the  nations  prove 
The  glory  of  his  righteousness. 

And  WQutfers  of  his  love. 


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PSALM     XCIX.     1st  Part.     S.  M,        (  «  ) 

Christ's  Kingdom  and  Majesty* 

THE.  God,  Jehovah,  reigns, 
Let  all  the  nations  fear  ; 
Let  sinners  tremble  at  his  throne. 
And  saints  be  humble  there. 

Jesus,  the  Saviour,  reigns  1 
Let  earth  adore  its  Lord*; 
Bright  cherubs  his  attendants  standi 
Swift  to  fulfil  his  word* 

In  Zion  is  his  throne, 
His  honours  are  divine  : 
His  church  shall  make  his  wonders  known, 
For  there  his  glories  shine. 

How  holy  is  his  name  ! 
How  terrible  his  praise  1 
Justice,  and  truth,  and  judgment  join 
In  all  his  works  of  grace. 


PSALM    XCIX.     2d  Part.     S.  M.        [ 

A  holy  God  worshipped  with  Reverence* 

EXALT  the  Lord,  our  God, 
And  worship  at  his  feet  : 
His  nature  is  all  holiness, 
And  mercy  is  his  seat. 

When  Israel  was  his  church, 
When  Aaron  was  his  priest, 
When  Moses  cried,  when  Samuel  pray'd, 
He  gave  his  people  rest. 

Oft  he  forgave  their  sins, 
Nor  would  destroy  their  race, 
And  oft  he  made  his  vengeance  known, 
When  they  abused  his  grace. 

Exalt  the  Lord,  our  God, 
Whose  grace  is  still  the  same  ; 
Still  he's  a  God  of  holiness, 
And  jealous  for  his  name? 


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PSALM    C.     1st  Part.     L.  M.        (  3 

A  plain  Translation.     Praise  to  our  CxEAfaS. 

1  "^E  nations  round  the  earth  rejoice 

•**•    Before  the  Lord,  your  sovereign  King  ; 
Serve  him  with  cheerful  heart  and  voice, 
With  all  your  tongues  his  glory  sing. 

2  The  Lord  is  God  ;  'tis  he  alone 
Doth  life  and  breath  and  being  give  ; 
We  are  his  work,  and  not  our  own  ; 
The  sheep  that  on  his  pastures  live. 

3  Enter  his  gates  with  songs  of  joy, 
With  praises  to  his  courts  repair, 
An-J  make  it  your  divine  employ 

To  pay  your  thanks  and  honours  there^ 

4  The  Lord  is  good  ;  the  Lord  is  kind  ; 
Great  is  his  grace,  his  mercy  sure  ; 
And  the  whole  race  of  man  shall  find 
His  truth  from  age  to  age  endure. 


PSALM     C.     2d  Part.     L.  M.  ( 3&) 

A  Paraphrase. 

1  QING  to  the  Lord  with  joyful  voice  ; 
jP*  Let  every  Land  his  name  adore  ; 
The  northern  isles  shall  send  the  noise 
Across  the  ocean  to  the  shore. 

2  Before  Jehovah's  awful  throne, 
Ye  nations,  bow  with  sacred  joy  ! 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone  : 
He  can  create,  and  he  destroy  I 

5  His  sovereign  power,  without  our  aid, 
Made  us  of  clay  and  form'd  us  men  ; 
And  when,  like  wandering  sheep,  we  stray5clt 
He  brought  us  to  his  fold  again. 

I  We  are  his  people,  we  his  care, 
Our  souls  and  ail  our  mortal  frame  : 
What  lasting  honours  shall  we  rear, 
Almighty  Maker,  to  thy  name  ? 

5  We'll  crowd  thy  gates  with  thankful  songs, 
High  as  the  heavens  our  voices  raise  ; 
And  earth,  with  her  ten  thousand  tongues. 
Shall  fill  thy  courts  with  sounding  praise, 


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6  Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command  ; 
Vast  as  eternity  thy  love  ; 
Firm  as  a  rock  thy  truth  must  stand, 
When  rolling  years  shall  cease  to  move. 


PSALM     CI.     L.  M.  {  %  ) 

The  Magistrate's  Psalm. 

ERCY  and  judgment  are  my  song  ! 
And  since  they  both  to  thee  belong, 
My  gracious  God,  my  righteous  King, 
To  thee  my  songs  and  vows  I'll  bring. 

2  If  I  am  raised  to  bear  the  sword, 

I'll  take  my  counsels  from  thy  word  j 
Thy  justice  and  thy  heavenly  grace 
Shall  be  the  pattern  of  my  ways. 

3  Let  wisdom  all  my  actions  guide, 
And  let  my  God  with  me  reside  ; 

No  wicked  thing  shall  dwell  with  me>. 
Which  may  provoke  thy  jealousy. 

4  No  sons  of  slander,  rage  and  strife, 
Shall  be  companions  of  my  life  ; 
The  haughty  look,  the  heart  of  pride) 
Within  my  doors  shall  ne'er  abide. 

5  ( I'll  search  the  land,  and  raise  the  just 
To  posts  of  honour,  wealth  and  trust  j 
The  men,  who  work  thy  holy  will, 
Shall  be  my  friends  and  favourites  still.) 

6  In  vain  shall  sinners  hope  to  rise 
By  flattering  or  malicious  lies  ; 
And  while  the  innocent  I  guard, 
The  bold  offender  shan't  be  spared. 

7  The  impious  crew,  that  factious  band, 
Shall  hide  their  heads,  or  quit  the  land  ; 
And  all  that  break  the  public  rest, 
Where  I  have  power,  sha*l  be  suppress'd. 


PSALM     CI.     C.  M.  [  «  3 

A  Psalm  for  the  Master  of  a  Family. 

,F  justice  and  ot  grace  I  sing, 
And  pay  my  God  my  vows  $ 


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Thy  grace  and  justice,  heavenly  King, 
Teach  me  to  rule  my  house. 

2  Now  to  my  tent,  O  God,  repair, 
And  make  thy  servant  wise  ; 
I'll  suffer  nothing  with    me  there, 
That  shall  offend  thine  eyes. 

;3  The  man,  who  doth  his  neighbour  wrong, 
By  falsehood  or  by  force, 
The  scornful  eye,  the  slanderous  tongue, 
I'll  thrust  them  from  my  doors. 

4  I'll  seek  the  faithful  and  the  just, 

And  will  their  help  enjoy  : 
These  are  the  friends,  whom  I  shall  trust? 
The  servants  I'll  employ. 

5  The  wretch,  who  deals  in  sly  deceit, 

I'll  not  endure  a  night  : 
The  liar's  tongue  I'll  ever  hate, 
And  banish  from  my  sight. 

6  I'll  purge  my  family  around, 
And  make  the  wicked  flee  ; 

So  shall  mv  house  be  ever  found 
A  dwelling  fit  for  thee. 


PSALM    CII.     1st  Part.    C.  M.         [  fc  } 

Ver.  1 — 13,  20,  21.     A  Prayer  of  the  Afflicted. 

1  TTTTEAR  me,  O  God,  nor  hide  thy  face, 
■"-J*-  But  answer,  lest  I  die  : 

Hast  thou  not  built  a  throne  of  grace, 
To  hear  when  sinners  cry  ? 

2  My  days  are  wasted,  like  the  smoke 

Dissolving  in  the  air  ; 
My  strength  is  dried,  my  heart  is  broke* 
And  sinking  in  despair. 

3  My  spirits  flag,  like  withering  grassy 

Burnt  with  excessive  heat  ; 
In  secret  groans  my  minutes  pass* 
And  I  forget  to  eat. 

A>  As  on  some  lonely  building's  top, 
The  sparrow  tells  her  moan, 
Far  from  the  tents  of  joy  and  hope* 
I  sit  and  grieve  alone. 


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5  My  soul  is  like  a  wilderness, 

Where  beasts  of  midnight  howl  ; 
Where  tfce  sad  raven  finds  her  place, 
And  where  the  screaming  owl. 

6  Dark,  dismal  thoughts  and  boding  fears 

Dwell  in  my  troubled  breast ; 
While  sharp  reproaches  wound  my  ears, 
Nor  give  my  spirit  rest. 

7  My  cup  is  mingled  with  my  woes, 

And  tears  are  my  repast  ; 
My  daily  bread,  like  ashes,  grows 
Unpleasant  to  my  taste. 

t  Sense  can  afford  no  real  joy 

To  souls,  who  feel  thy  frown  ; 
Lord,  'twas  thy  hand  advanced  me  high. 
Thy  hand  hath  cast  me  dow». 

9  My  locks,  like  wither'd  leaves,  appear  ; 

And  life's  declining  light 
Grows  faint,  as  evening  shadows  are, 
Which  vanish  into  night. 

10  But  thou  forever  art  the  same, 

O,  my  eternal  God  ! 
Ages  to  come  shall  know  thy  name, 
And  spread  thy  works  abroad. 

1 1  Thou  wilt  arise,  and  show  thy  face5 

Nor  will  my  Lord  delay 
Beyond  th*  appointed  hour  of  grace, 
That  long  expected  day. 

12  He  hears  his  saints,  he  knows  their  cry. 

And  by  mysterious  ways 
Redeems  the  prisoners  doom'd  to  die, 
And  fills  their  tongues  with  praise. 


PSALM    CII.     2d  Part.     C.  M.        [  %  ] 

Ver.  13 — 21.     Prayer  heard,  and  Zion  restored* 

u  "T  ET  Zion  and  her  Sons  rejoice, 
■"-d  Behold  the  promised  hour  ! 
Her  God  hath  heard  her  mourning  voice, 
And  comes  t*  exalt  his  power. 

«2  Her  dust  and  ruins  which  remain^ 
Are  precious  in  our  eyes  ; 


PSALM    CII. 


Those  ruins  shall  be  built  again; 
And  all  that  dust  shall  rise. 

The  Lord  will  raise  Jerusalem, 

And  stand  in  glory  there  ; 
Nations  shall  bow  before  his  name, 

And  kings  attend  with  fear. 

He  sits,  a  Sovereign,  on  his  throne, 

With  pity  in  his  eyes  : 
He  hears  the  dying  prisoners  groan, 

And  sees  their  sighs  arise. 

He  frees  the  souls  condemned  to  death. 
And  when  his  saints  complain, 

It  shan't  be  said  "  that  praying  breath 
"Was  ever  spent  in  vain." 

This  shall  be  known  when  we  are  dead, 

And  left  on  long  record, 
That  ages  yet  unborn  may  read, 

And  trust,  and  praise  the  Lord. 


PSALM     CII.     L.  M.  (  b  ) 

Ver.  2o — 28.     Man's  Mortality,  and  Christ's   Eternity 
or,  Saints  die,  but  Christ  and  the  Church  itee, 

1  TTT  is  the  Lord,  our  Saviour's  hand 

■"•  Weakens  our  strength  amidst  the  race  j 
Disease  and  death  at  his  command 
Arrest  us  and  cut  short  our  days. 

2  Spare  us,  O  Lord,  aloud  we  pray, 
Nor  let  our  sun  go  down  at  noon  ; 
Thy  years  are  one  eternal  day, 
And  must  thy  children  die  so  soon  ? 

3  Yet,  in  the  midst  of  death  and  grief, 
This  thought  our  sorrow  shall  assuage  ; 
"  Our  Father  and  our  Saviour  live  ; 

"  Christ  is  the  same  through  every  age." 

4.  'Twas  he  this  earth's  foundation  laid  ; 
Heaven  is  the  building  of  his  hand  : 
This  earth  grows  old,  these  heavens  shall  fad?. 
And  all  be  changed  at  his  command. 

5   The  starry  curtains  of  the  sky, 
Like  garments,  shall  be  laid  aside  ; 
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But  still  thy  throne  stands  firm  and  high  ; 
Thy  church  forever  must  abide. 
6  Before  thy  face  thy  church  shall  live, 
"  And  on  thy  throne  thy  children  reign  ; 
This  dying  world  shall  they  survive, 
And  the  dead  saints  be  raised  again. 


PSALM     CHI.     1st  Part.     L.  M.         (  #  ) 

Ver  1 — 7.   Blessing  God  for  his  Goodness  to  Soul  and  Body. 
I   "OLESS,  O  my  soul,  the  living  God, 

-^  Call  home  thy  thoughts,  which  rove  abroad  ; 

Let  all  the  powers  within  me  join, 

In  work  and  worship  so  divine. 

2  Bless,  O  my  soul,  the  God  of  grace  ; 
His  favours  claim  thy  highest  praise  : 
Why  should  the  wonders  he  hath  wrought, 
Be  lost  in  silence  and  forgot  ? 

-3  5Tis  he,  my  soul,  who  sent  his  Son 

To  die  for  crimes,  which  thou  hast  done  i 
lie  owns  the  ransom,  ?nd  forgives 
The  hourly  follies  of  our  lives. 

4  The  vices  of  the  mind  he  heals, 

And  cures  the  pains,  which  nature  feels  ; 
Redeems  the  soul  from  hell,  and  saves 
Our  wasting  life  from  threatening  graves* 

5  Our  youth  decay 'd  his  power  repairs  ; 
His  mercy  crowns  our  growing  years  : 
He  satisfies  our  mouth  with  good, 
And  fills  our  hopes  with  heavenly  food. 

6  He  sees  the  oppressor  and  the  oppress'd> 
And  often  gives  the  sufferers  rest    ; 

BiU  will  his  justice  more  display 
In  the  last,  great  rewarding  day. 

7  (  His  power  he  show'd  by  Moses'  hands*- 
And  gave  to  Israel  his  commands  ; 
But  sent  his  truth  and  mercy  down 
To  all  the  nations  by  his  Son. 

S  Let  the  whole  earth  his  power  confess, 
Let  the  whole  earth  adore  his  grace  ; 
The  Gentile  with  the  Jew  shall  join, 
In  work  and  worship  so  divine.) 


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PSALM     CIII.     2d  Patit.     L.   M.       (  %  ) 
Ver.  8 — 18.     God's  gentle  Chastisement  ;    or,   his    tender 
Mercy  to  his  Peojrfe. 

1  PTJ1HE  Lord,  how  wonderous  are  his  ways  ! 

■»*•    How  firm  his  truth,  how  large  his  grace  t 
He  takes  his  mercy  for  his  throne, 
And  thence  he  makes  his  glories  known. 

2  Not  half  so  high  his  power  hath  spread 
The  starry  heavens  above  our  head, 
As  his  rich  love  exceeds  our  praise, 
Exceeds  the  highest  hopes  we  raise. 

3  Not  half  so  far  hath  nature  placed 
The  rising  morning  from  the  wea& 
As  his  forgiving  grace  removes 
The  daily  guilt  of  those  he  loves. 

4  How  slowly  doth  his  wrath  arise  I 
On  swifter  wings  salvation  flies  : 
And  if  he  lets  his  anger  burn, 
How  soon  his  frowns  to  pity  turn  ! 

5  Amidst  his  wrath  compassion  shines  j 
His  strokes  are  lighter  than  our  sins, 
And  while  his  rod  corrects  his  saints, 
His  ear  indulges  their  complaints. 

6  So  fathers  their  young  sons  chastise* 
With  gentle  hands  and  melting  eyes  ; 
The  children  weep  beneath  the  smartj 
And  move  the  pity  of  their  heart. 

PAUSE. 

7  The  mighty  God,  the  wise  and  just, 
Knows  that  our  frame  is  feeble  dust  ; 
And  will  no  l^avy  loads  impose 
Beyond  the  strength  which  he  bestows, 

8  He  knows  how  soon  our  nature  dies, 
Blasted  by  every  wind  which  flies  ; 
Like  grass  we  spring,  and  die  as  soon  ; 
Or  morning  flowers,  which  fade  at  noon* 

9  But  his  eternal  love  is  sure 

To  all  the  saints,  and  shall  endure  ; 
From  age  to  age  his  truth  shall  reign, 
Nor  childrens'  children  hope  in  yam. 


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PSALM    CIII.     1st  Part.     S.  M.         [  «  'J 
Ver.  1 7.     Praise  for  Spiritual  and  Temporal  MercieL 

1  r\k  BLESS  the  Lord,  my  soul  ! 
^-^  Let  all  within  me  join, 

And  aid  my  tongue  to  bless  his  name; 
Whose  favours  are  divine. 

2  O  bless  the  Lord,  my  soul  I 
Nor  let  his  mercies  lie 

Forgotten  in  unthankfulness. 
And  without  praises  die. 

'Tis  he  forgives  thy  sins, 
'Tis  he,  relieves  thy  pain, 
'Tis  he  who  heals  thy  sicknesses, 
And  makes  thee  young  again. 

4  He  crowns  thy  life  with  love, 
When  ransom'd  from  the  grave  ; 

He,  who  redeern'd  my  soul  from  hell, 
Hath  sovereign  power  to  save. 

5  He  fills  the  poor  with  good  ; 
He  gives  the  sufferers  rest  ; 

The  Lord  hath  judgments  for  the  prouc^ 
And  justice  for  the  oppress'd. 

6  His  wonderous  works  and  ways 
He  made  by  Moses  known  ; 

But  sent  the  world  his  truth  and  grace? 
By  his  beloved  Son. 


PSALM     CIII.     2d  Part.     S.  M.         (  *  ) 

Ver.  8 — 18.     Abounding  Compassion  of God  ;    ory    Mercif. 
in  the.  midst  of  Judgment. 

1  TVir^  sou^  rePeal  n^s  Praise» 
lvJL  Whose  mercies  are  so  great  ; 

Whose  anger  is  so  slow  to  r;scj 

So  ready  to  abate. 

2  God  will  not  always  chide  ; 
And  when  his  strokes  are  felt. 

His  strokes  are  fewer  than  our  crimec- 
And  lighter  than  our  guilt. 

3  High  as  the  heavens  are  raised 
Above  the  ground  we  tread., 


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So  fat  the  riches  of  his  grace 
Our  highest  thoughts  exceed, 

His  power  subdues  our  sins, 
And  his  forgiving  love, 
Far  as  the  east  is  from  the  west, 
Doth  all  our  guilt  remove. 

The  pity  of  the  Lord 
To  those  who  fear  his  name, 
Is  such  as  tender  parents  feel ; 
He  knows  our  feeble  frame. 

He  knows  we  are  but  dust, 
Scatter'd  with  every  breath  ; 

His  anger,  like  a  rising  wind, 
Can  send  us  swift  to  death. 
Our  days  are  as  the  grass, 
Or,  like  the  morning  flower  ; 

If  one  sharp  blast  sweep  o'er  the  field- 
It  withers  in  an  hour. 

But  thy  compassions.  Lord, 
To  endless  years  endure  ; 
And  childrens'  children  ever  find 
Thy  words  of  promise  sure. 


PSALM     CIII.     3d  Part.     S.  M.         (  %  ) 

Ver.  19—22.  God's  universal  Dominion;  or  Angels  firaise  him 

1       PTT*HE  Lord,  the  sovereign  King, 

•»■    Hath  fix'd  his  throne  on  high  ; 
O'er  all  the  heavenly  world  he  rules, 

And  all  beneath  the  sky. 

Ye  angels,  great  in  might, 

And  swift  to  do  his  will, 
Bless  ye  the  Lord,  whose  voice  ye  hear, 

Whose  pleasure  ye  fulfil. 

3  Let  the  bright  hosts  who  wait 
The  orders  of  their  King, 

And  guard  his  churches  when  they  pray, 
Join  in  the  praise  they  sing. 

4  While  all  his  wonderous  works 
Through  his  vast  kingdom  shew 

Their  Maker's  glory,  thou,  my  soul; 
Shall  sing  his  graces  too. 

Re 


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PSALM     CIV.         L.  M.  (  %  ) 

77:  c  G/ory  q/'  God  tn  Creation  and  Providence, 
Y  soul,  thy  great  Creator  praise  ; 
When  clothed  in  his  celestial  rays, 
He  in  full  majesty  appears, 
And,  like  a  robe,  his  glory  wears. 

f  Note.     This  psalm  may  be  sung*  to  a  different  me- 
tre, by  adding  the  two  foilowing  lines  to  every  stanza,  viz. 
Great  is  the  Lord  ;  what  tongue  can  frame 
An  equal  honour  to  his  name  ?\ 

2  The  heavens  are  for  his  cuitain  spread  ; 
Th'  unfathom'd  deep  he  makes  iiis  bed  ; 
Clouds  are  his  chariot,  when  he  flies 

On  winged- storms  across  the  skies. 

o  Angels,  whom  his  own  breath  inspires, 
His  ministers  are  flaming  flies  ; 
And  swift  as  thought  their  armies  move 
To  bear  his  vengeance  or  his  love. 

4  The  world's  foundations  by  his  hand 
Are  poised,  and  shall  forever  stand  ; 
He  binds  the  ocean  in  his  chain, 
Lest  it  should  drown  the  earth  again. 

5  When  earth  was  cover'd  with  the  flood, 
Which  high  above  the  mountains  stood, 
He  thunder'd,  and  the  ocean  fted, 
Confined  to  its  appointed  bed. 

6  The  swelling  billows  know  their  bound, 
And  in  their  channels  walk  their  round  ; 
Yet  thence  conveyVI  by  secret  veins, 
They  spring  on  hills  and  drench  the  plains* 

7  He  bids  the  crystal  fountains  flow, 
And  cheer  the  vallies  as  they  go  ; 
Tame  heifers  there  their  thirst  allay, 
And  for  the  stream  wild  asses  bray. 

3  From  pleasant  trees,  which  shade  the  brink, 
The  lark  and  linnet  light  to  drink  ; 

Their  songs  the  lark  and  linnet  raise, 
And  chide  our  silence  hi  his  praise. 
PAUSE  I, 
9  God,  from  his  cloudy  cisterns,  pours 
On  the  parch'd  earth  enriching  showers  : 


PSALM     CIV,  199. 


The  grove,  the  garden,  and  the  field, 
A  thousand  joyful  blessings  yield. 

10  He  makes  the  grassy  food  arise, 
And  gives  the  cattle  large  supplies  ; 
With  herbs  for  man,  of  various  powe/j 
To  nourish  nature,  or  to  cure. 

\  1  What  noble  fruit  the  vines  produce  ! 
The  olive  yields  a  shining  juice  ; 
Our  hearts  are  chter'd  with  generous  wine> 
With  inward  joy  our  faces  shine, 

f-2  O  bless  his  name,  ye  people,  fed 

With  nature's  chief  supporter,  bread  : 
While  bread  your  vital  strength  imparts* 
Serve  him  with  vigour  in  your  hearts. 

PAUSE  II, 

13  Behold,  the  stately  cedar  stands, 
Raised  in  the  forest  by  his  hands  ; 
Birds  to  the  boughs  for  shelter  fly, 
And  build  their  nests  secure  on  high, 

14  To  craggy  hills  ascends  the  goat  ; 
And  at  the  airy  mountain's  foot, 

The  feebler  creatures  make  their  cell  ; 
He  gives  them  wisdom  where  to  dwell'. 

15  He  sets  the  sun  his  circling  race, 
Appoints  the  moon  to  change  her  face  ; 
And  when  thick  darkness  veils  the  day, 
Calls  out  wild  beasts  to  hunt  their  prey, 

16  Fierce  lions  lead  their  young  abroad, 
And.  roaring,  ask  their  meat  from  God  ; 
But  when  the  morning  beams  arise, 
The  savage  beast  to  covert  flies. 

17  Then  man  to  daily  labour  goes  ; 
The  night  was  made  for  his  repose  : 
Sleep  is  thy  gift,  that  sweet  relief 
From  tiresome  toil,  and  wasting  grief. 

18  How  strange  thy  works  !  how  great  thy  skill  ! 
And  every  land  thy  riches  fill  : 

Thy  wisdom  round  the  world  we  see  ; 
This  spacious  earth  is  full  of  thee: 


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19  Nor  less  thy  glories  in  the  deep, 
Where  fish  in  millions  swim  and  creep  ; 
With  wonderous  motions,  swift  or  slow, 
Still  wandering  in  the^aths  below. 

20  There  ships  divide  their  watery  way, 
And  flocks  of  scaly  monsters  play  -9 

There  dwells  the  huge  leviathan, 
And  foams  and  sports  in  spite  of  man. 
PAUSE  III. 

9 1  Vast  are  thy  works,  Almighty  Lord  I 
All  nature  rests  upon  thy  word  ; 
And  the  whole  race  of  creatures  stand, 
Waiting  their  portion  from  thy  hand. 

22  While  each  receives  his  different  food, 
Their  cheerful  looks  pronounce  it  good  : 
Eagles,  and  bears,  and  whales,  and  worms. 
Rejoice  and  praise  in  different  forms. 

2o  But  when  thy  face  is  hid,  they  mourn, 
And  dying,  to  their  dust  return  ; 
Both  man  and  beast  their  souls  resign  i 
Life,  breath  and  spirit,  all  are  thine. 

24  Yet  thou  canst  breathe  on  dust  again, 
And  fill  the  world  with  beasts  and  men  j 
A  word  of  thy  creating  breath 
Repairs  the  wastes  of  time  and  death. 

35  His  works,  the  wonders  of  his  might, 
Are  honoured  with  his  own  delight  : 
How  awful  are  his  glorious  ways  1 
The  Lord  is  dreadful  in  his  praise. 

26  The  earth  stands  trembling  at  thy  stroke, 
And  at  thy  touch  the  mountains  smoke  ; 
Yet  humble  souls  may  see  thy  face, 
And  tell  their  wants  to  sovereign  grace. 

27  In  thee  my  hopes  and  wishes  meet, 
And  make  my  meditations  sweet  ; 
Thy  praises  shall  my  breath  employ, 
Till  it  expire  in  endless  joy. 

28  While  haughty  sinners  die  accurss'd, 
Their  glory  buried  with  their  dust, 

I  to  my  God,  mv_  heavenly  King, 
'ttimorud  hallelujahs  sing. 


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PSALM     CV.     Abridged.     C.  M.  (  #")' 

God's  conduct  to  Israel.,  and  the  Plagues  ofEgyfiU 

V  riT*  IVE  thanks  to  God,  invoke  his-  name, 
^JT  And  tell  the  world  his  grace  ; 
Sound  through  the  earth  his  deeds  of  fame, 
That  all  may  seek  his  face. 

2  His  covenant  which  he  kept  in  mind? 

For  aunaerous  ages  past, 
To  numerous  ages,  yet  behind, 
In  equal  force  shall  last. 

3  He  sware  to  Abraham  and  his  seed, 

And  made  the  blessing  sure  ; 
Gentiles  the  ancient  promise  read, 
And  find  his  truth  endure. 

4  «  Thy  seed  shall  make  all  nations  bless'd," 

Said  the  Almighty  voice, 
»  And  Canaan's  land  shall  be  their  rest, 
«  The  type  of  heavenly  joys." 

5  (  How  large  the  grant  !  how  rich  the  grace  \ 

To  give  them  Canaan's  land, 
When  they  were  strangers  in  the  place, 
A  little,  feeble  band  ! 

6  Like  pilgrims  through  the  countries  round, 

Securely  they  removed  ; 
And  haughty  kings,  who  on  them  frown'd,. 
Severely  he  reproyed* 

fa"  Touch  mine  anointed,  and  mine  arm 
"  Shall  soon  revenge  the  wrong  : 
"  The  man,  who  does  my  prophets  harm, 
"  Shall  know  their  God  is  strong." 

8  Then  let  the  world  forbear  its  rage, 
Nor  put  the  church  in  fear  : 
Israel  must  live  through  every  age, 
And  be  th'  Almighty's  care,) 

PAUSE  I. 

^  When  Pharaoh  dared  to  vex  the  saints 

And  thus  provoked  their  God, 
Moses  was  sent,  at  their  complaints, 

Arm'd  with  his  dreadful  rod. 
10  He  call'd  for  darkness  ;  darkness  came 

Like  an  o'erwhelming  flood  ; 


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He  turn'd  each  lake  and  every  stream 
To  lakes  and  streams  of  blood. 

1 1  He  gave  the  sign,  and  noisome  flies 

Through  the  whole  country  spread  ; 
And  frogs,  in  croaking  armies,  rise 
About  the  monarch's  bed. 

12  Through  fields,  and  towns,  and  palaces,- 

The  tenfold  vengeance  flew  1 
Locusts  in  swarms  devour'd  their  trees, 
And  hail  their  cattle  slew. 

13  Then  by  an  angel's  midnight  stroke, 

The  flower  of  Egypt  died  ; 
The  strength  of  every  house  was  broke, 
Their  glory  and  their  pride. 

14  Now  let  the  world  forbear  its  rage, 

Nor  put  the  church  in  fear  ; 
Israel  must  live  through  every  age, 
And  be  th'  Almighty's  care. 

PAUSE  II. 

15  Thus  were  the  tribes  from  bondage  brought? 

And  left  the  hated  ground  : 
Each  some  Egyptian  spoils  had  got, 
And  not  one  feeble  found. 

i6  The  Lord  himself  chose  out  their  wa» 
And  mark'd  their  journies  right  ; 
Gave  them  a  leading  cloud  by  day, 
A  fiery  guide  by  night. 

17  They  thirst  ;  and  waters  from  the  rock 

In  rich  abundance  flow, 
And  following  still  the  course  they  took. 
Ran  all  the  desart  through. 

18  O  wonderous  stream  !  O  blessed  type 

Of  ever-flowing  grace  ! 
So  Christ,  our  rock,  maintains  our  life 
Through  ail  this  wilderness. 

19  Thus  guarded  by  til*  Almighty  hand, 

The  chosen  tribes  possess'd 
Canaan,  the  rich,  the  promised  landj 
And  there  enjoy'd  their  rest. 


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20  Then  let  the  world  forbear  its  rage, 
The  church  renounce  her  fear  ; 
Israel  must  live  through  every  age, 
And  be  th'  Almighty's  care. 


PSALM     CVI.     L.  M.  (  *  ) 

Ver.  1 — 5.     Praise  to  God  ;  or,  Communion  with    Saints, 

1  npO  God,  the  great,  the  ever  bless'd, 

-"*•    Let  songs  of  honour  be  address'd  ; 
His  mercy  firm  forever  stands  ! 
Give  him  the  thanks  his  love  demands. 

2  Who  knows  the  wonders  of  thy  ways  ? 
Who  shall  fulfil  thy  boundless  praise  ? 
Bless'd  are  the  souls,  who  fear  thee  still, 
And  pay  their  duty  to  thy  will. 

o  Remember  what  thy  mercy  did 
For  Jacob's  race,  thy  chosen  seed  ; 
And  with  the  same  salvation  fcless 
The  meanest  suppliant  of  thy  grace. 

4  O  may  I  see  thy  tribes  rejoice, 

And  aid  their  triumphs  with  my  voice  4 
This  is  my  glory,  Lord,  to  be 
Join'd  to  thy  saints,  and  near  to  thee. 


PSALM     CVI.     S.  M.  (  %  ) 

Ver.  7,  8,  12 — 14,  43 — 48.     Israel  furnished  and  pardon* 
ed  ;  or,  God's  unchangable  Love.- 

1  /p_OD  of  eternal  love, 

^^  How  fickle  are  our  ways  ! 
And  yet  how  oft  did  Israel  prove 
Thy  constancy  of  grace  ! 

2  They  saw  thy  wonders  wrought, 
And  then  thy  praise  they  sung  ; 

But  soon  thy  works  of  power  forgot, 
And  murmur'd  with  their  tongue. 

3  Now  they  believe  his  Word, 
While  locks  with  rivers  flow  ; 

Now,  with  their  lusts  provoke  the  Lord, 
And  he  reduced  them  low. 


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Yet  when  they  mourn'd  their  faults, 
He  hearken'd  to  their  groans  ; 
Brought  his  own  covenant  to  his  thoughts, 
And  callsd  them  still  his  sons. 

Their  names  were  in  his  book, 
He  saved  them  from  their  foes  ; 
Oft  he  chastised,  but  ne'er  forsook 
The  people  whom  he  chose. 

Let  Israel  bless  the  Lord, 
Who  loved  their  ancient  race  ; 
And  christians  join  the  solemn  word. 
Amen,  to  all  their  praise. 


PSALM    CVII.     1st  part.     L.  M.        (  *  ) 

Israel  led  to  Canaan,  and  Christians  to  Heaven, 

]    /T^  IVE  thanks  to  God  ;  he  reigns  above  ; 
\JT  Kind  are  his  thoughts,  his  name  is  love  5 
His  mercy,  ages  past  have  known, 
And  ages  long  to  come  shall  own. 

8  Let  the  redeemed  of  the  Lord 
The  wonders  of  his  grace  record  ° 
Israel,  the  nation  whom  he  chose, 
And  rescued  from  their  mighty  foes, 

3  (  When  God's  almighty  arm  had  broke 
Their  fetters  and  th*  Egyptian  yoke, 
They  traced  the  desart,  wandering  round 
A  wild  and  solitary  ground  ! 

fi=  There  they  could  find  no  leading  road, 
Nor  city  for  a  fix'd  abode  ; 
Nor  food,  nor  fountain  to  assuage 
Their  burning  thirst,  or  hunger's  rage.) 

5  In  their  distress,  to  God  they  cried  ; 
God  was  their  Saviour  and  their  guide  ; 
He  led  their  march  far  wandering  round  ; 
'Twas  the  right  path  to  Canaan's  ground, 

•i  Thus  when  our  first  release  we  gain 
From  sin's  old  yoke,  and  Satan's  chain7 
We  have  this  desart  world  to  pass, 
A  dangerous  and  a.  tiresome  place. 


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7  He  feeds  and  clothes  us  all  the  way  ; 
He  guides  our  footsteps,  lest  we  stray  ; 
He  guards  us  with  a  powerful  hand, 
And  brings  us  to  the  heavenly  land. 

8  O,  let  the  saints  with  joy  record 
The  truth  and  goodness  of  the  Lord  ! 
How  great  his  works  !   how  kind  his  ways  ! 
Let  every  tongue  pronounce  his  praise. 

PSALM     CVII.     2d  Part.     L.  M.         [  &  J 

Correction  for  6'i?i,  and  Release  by  Prayer. 
\  JCpROM  age  to  age  exalt  his  name  ; 

God  and  his  grace  are  still  the  same  : 
He  tills  the  hungry  soul  with  food, 
And  feeds  the  poor  with  every  good. 

2  But  if  their  hearts  rebel  and  rise 
Against  the  God  who  rules  the  skies  ; 
If  they  reject  his  heavenly  word, 
And  slight  the  counsels  of  the  Lord  ; 

3  He'll  bring  their  spirits  to  the  ground, 
And  no  deliverer  shall  be  found  : 
Laden  with  grief,  they  waste  their  breath 
In  darkness,  and  the  shades  of  death. 

4  Then  to  the  Lord  they  raise  their  cries  ; 
He  makes  the  dawning  light  arise, 
And  scatters  all  that  dismal  shade, 

W  hich  hung  so  heavy  round  their  head. 

5  He  cuts  the  bars  of  brass  in  two, 

And  lets  the  smiling  prisoners  through  : 
Takes  off  the  load  of  guilt  and  erief; 
And  gives  the  labouring  soul  relief. 

6  O,  may  the  sons  of  men  record 

lne  wonderous  goodness  of  the  Lord  ' 
How  great  his  works  !  how  kind  his  ways  • 
Let  every  tongue  pronounce  his  praise.        ' 

PSALM     CVII.  ~3d~Pa7t.  ~lT  M.  (  *  > 

Intemperance  fiuni^l  and  pardoned  ;         Q  l  * J 
1TrmT      the  Glu"™  and  the  Drunkard.  J 

V5  man' °n  foolish  Pleasures  bent, 
V    P^pares  for  his  own  punishment : 


io&  psalm   cvir. 


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What  pains,  what  loathsome  maladies 
From  luxury  and  lust  arise  ! 

2  The  drunkard  feels  his  vitals  waste, 

Yet  drowns  his  health  to  please  his  taste  ; 
Till  all  his  acting  powers  are  lost, 
And  fainting  life  draws  near  the  dusU 

3  The  glutton  groans,  and  loathes  to  eat, 
His  soul  abhors  delicious  meat  ; 
Nature,  with  heavy  loads  oppress'd, 
Would  yield  to  death,  to  be  released. 

4  Then  how  the  frighted  sinners  fly 
To  God  for  help,  with  earnest  cry  ! 

He  hears  their  groans,  prolongs  their  breath, 
And  saves  them  from  approaching  death. 

j  No  med'eine  could  effect  the  cure 
So  quick,  so  easy,  or  so  sure  ; 
The  deadly  sentence  God  repeals  ; 
He  sends  his  sovereign  word  and  heals. 

6  O,  may  the  sons  of  men  record 

The  wonderous  goodness  of  the  Lord  ! 
And  let  their  thankful  offerings  prove 
How  they  adore  their  Maker's  love* 


PSALM     CVIT.     4th   Part.     L.  M.       (  X  ) 

Deliverance  from    Storms    and    Shipwreck  ;     cr,  the 
Seaman's  Song. 
i   'KTJTOULD  yon  behold  the  works  of  God, 
*  v     His  wonders  in  the  world  abroad, 
Go  with  the  mariners,  and  trace 
The  unknown  regions  of  the  seas- 

2  They  leave  their  native  shores  bahind, 
And  seize  the  favour  of  the  wind, 

Till  God  commands,  and  tempests  rise, 
Which  heave  the  ocean  to  the  skies. 

3  Now  to  the  heavens  they  mount  amain  ;• 
Now  sink  to  dreadful  deeps  again  ; 
What  strange  affrights  young  sailors  feel, 
And,  like  a  staggering  drunkard,  reel  ! 

4  When  land  is  far,  and  death  is  nigh, 
host  to  all  hope,  to  God  they  cry  ; 


PSALM     CVII.  207 


His  mercy  hears  their  loud  address, 
And  sends  salvation  in  distress. 

5  He  bids  the  winds  their  wrath  assuage 
The  furious  waves  forget  their  rage  : 
Tis  calm  ;  and  sailors  smile  to  see 
The  haven  where  they  wish'd  to  be. 

6  O,  may  the  sons  of  men  record 

The  wonderous  goodness  of  the  Lord  ! 
Let  them  their  private  offerings  bring, 
And  in  the  church  his  glory  sing. 


PSALM     CVII.     C.     M.  (  X") 

The  Mariner's  Psal^i. 
*  npHY  works  of  glory,  mighty  Lord, 
-11-   Thy  wonders  in  the  deeps, 
The  sons  of  courage  shall  record, 
Who  trade  in  floating  ships. 

2  At  thy  command  the  winds  arise, 

And  swell  the  towering  waves  ; 
The  men,  astonish'd,  mount  the  skies, 
And  sink  in  giping  graves. 

3  (  Again  they  climb  the  watery  hills, 

And  plunge  in  deeps  again  : 
Each,  like  a  tottering  drunkard,  reels, 
And  finds  his  courage  vain. 

4  Frighted  to  hear  the  tempest  roar, 

They  pant  with  fluttering  breath  ; 
And,  hopeless  of  a  distant  shore, 
Expect  immediate  death.) 

$  Then  to  the  Lord  they  raise  their  cries  j 
He  hears  their  loud  request, 
And  orders  silence  through  the  skies, 
And  lays  the  floods  to  rest. 

6  Sailors  rejoice  to  lose  their  fears, 

An .1  sje  the  storm  allay'd  : 
Now  to  tueir  eyes  the  part  appears  j 
There  let  their  vows  be  paid. 

7  'Tis  God,  who  brings  them  safe  to  land  ! 

Let  stupid  mortals  kno  w, 
That  waves  are  under  his  command*- 
And  all  the  winds  that  blow. 


208 PSALM     CVII. 

§  O,  that  the  sons  of  men  would  praise 
The  goodness  of  the  Lord  ! 
And  those  who  see  thy  wonderous  ways, 

Tlnr  wonderous  iove  record. 


P3ALM     CVII.     Last  P^rt.     L.  M.      (  ^  ) 

Colonies  frlantcd  ;  or,  Motion*  blessed  and  fiunhhed. 
A    Psalm  for  New-England. 

1   WHEN  G°d'  Provoked  with  daring  crimes, 
v  v    Scourges  the  madness  of  the  times, 
He  turns  their  fields  to  barren  sand, 
And  dries  the  rivers  from  the  land. 

2  His  word  can  raise  the  springs  again, 
And  make  the  wither'd  mountains  green, 
Send  showery  blessings  from  the  skies, 
And  harvests  in  the  desert  rise. 

3  (  Where  nothing  dwelt  but  beasts  of  prey, 
Or  men  as  fierce  and  wild  as  they, 

He  bids  tiY  oppress'd  and  poor  repair, 
And  builds  them  towns  and  cities  there. 

4  They  sow  the  fields,  and  trees  they  plant, 
Whose  yearly  fruits  supply  their  want  : 
1  heir  race  grows  up  from  fruitful  stocks, 
Their  wealth  increases  with  their  flocks. 

5  Thus  they  are  bless'd  :  but  if  they  sin, 
He  lets  the  heathen  nations  in  ; 

A  savage  crew  invades  their  lands, 
Their  children  die  by  barbarous  hands. 

6  Their  captive  sons,  exposed  to  scorn, 
Wander  unpitied  and  forlorn  ; 

The  country  lies  unfenced,  untill'd, 
And  desolation  spreads  the  field. 

7  Yet  if  the  humbled  nation  mourns, 
Again  his  dreadful  hand  he  turns  ; 
Again  he  makes  their  cities  thrive, 
And  bids  the  dying  churches  live.) 

8  The  righteous,  with  a  joyful  sense, 
Admire  the  works  of  Providence  ; 
And  tongues  of  atheists  shall  no  more 

Blaspheme  the  God,  whom  saints  adore. 


PSALM    C1X.  209 


9  How  few  with  pious  care  record 

These  wonderous  dealings  of  the  Lord  ! 
But  wise  observers  still  shall  find 
The  Lord  is  holy,  just,  and  kind. 


PSALM     CIX.     CM.  [  b 

Ver.  1—5,  3:1. 
Love  to  Enemies, from  the  Example  of  CHRIST. 

1  /f"^  OD  of  my  mercy  and  my  praise, 
^-^  Thy  glory  is  my  song, 

Though  sinners  speak  aga.nst  thy  grace 
With  a  blaspheming  tongue. 

2  When  in  the  form  of  mortal  man 

Thy  Son  on  earth  was  found, 
With  cruel  slanders,  false  and  vaim 
They  compass'd  him  around. 

3  Their  miseries  his  compassion  move. 

Their  peace  he  still  pursued  ; 
They  render  hatred  for  his  love, 
And  evil  for  his  good. 

4  Their  malice  raged  without  a  cause  ; 

Yet  with  his  dying  breath 
He  pray'd  for  murderers  on  his  cross, 
And  bless'd  his  foes  in  death. 

5  Lord,  shall  thy  bright  example  shine 

In  vain  before  mine  eyes  ? 
Give  me  a  soul  akin  to  thine, 
To  love  mine  enemies. 

6  The  Lord  shall  on  my  side  engage. 

And  in  my  Saviour's  name 
I  shall  defeat  their  pride  and  rage, 
Who  slander  and  condemn. 


PSALM    CX.     1st  Part.    L.  M.         (  ^  ) 

Chris?  exalt ed,  and  Multitudes  converted  ,*  Qr>  the  Success 

of  the  Gospel. 
1  mHUS  the  eternal  Father  spake 

•"•    To  Christ  the  Son,  «  Ascend  and  sit 
«  At  my  right  hand,  till  1  shall  make 
"Thy  foes  submissive  at  thy  feet, 
S3 


210  PSALM     CX. 


2  "From  Zion  shall  thy  word  proceed  ; 
"  Thy  word,  the  sceptre  in  thy  hand, 

<;  Shall  make  the  hearts  of  rebels  bleed, 
"  And  bow  their  wills  to  thy  command. 

3  "That  day  shall  show  thy  power  is  great, 

«  When  saints  shall  flock  with  willing  minds, 
«  And  sinners  crowd  thy  temple-gate, 
"  Where  holiness  in  beauty  shines." 

4  O  blessed  power  !  O  glorious  day  ! 
What  a  large  victory  shall  ensue  I 
And  converts,  who  thy  grace  obey, 
Exceed  the  drops  of  morning  dew. 


PSALM    CX.    2d  Part.     L.  M.         (    &  ). 

The  Kingdom  and  Priesthood  of  Chris?. 

1  HPHUS  the  great  Lord  c-f  earth  and  sea 

*    Spake  to  his  Son,  and  thus  he  swore  : 
"  Eternal  shall  thy  priesthood  be, 
"  And  change  from  hand  to  hand  no  more. 

2  l<  Aaron  and  all  his  sons  must  die, 
*<  But  everlasting  life  is  thine, 

«  To  save  forever,  those  who  fly 
"  For  refuge  from  the  wrath  divine. 

3  "  By  me  Melchizedek  was  made 

«  On  earth  a  kJng  and  priest  at  once  ; 

{<  And  thou,  my  heavenly  priest,  shalt  plead-/ 

"  And  thou,  my  king,  shalt  rule  my  sons." 

4  Jesus,  the  priest,  ascends  his  throne, 
While  counsels  of  eternal  peace, 
Between  the  Father  and  the  Son, 
Proceed  with  honour  and  success. 

5  Through  the  whole  earth  his  reign  shall  spread} 
And  crush  the  powers,  which  dare  rebel  ; 
Then  shall  he  judge  the  rising  dead, 

And  send  the  guilty  world  to  hell. 

6  Though  while  he  treads  his  glorious  way, 
He  drink»  the  cup  of  tears  and  blood, 
The  sufferings  of  that  dreadful  day 

Shall  but  advance  him  near  to  Goth 


PSALM    CX,     CXI.  ?i|. 


PSALM     CX.     C.  M.  (  #  ) 

Cur  is  1*8  Kingdom  and  Priesthood, 

1  TTESUS,  our  Lord,  ascend  thy  throne, 
*^  And  near  the  Father  sit : 

In  Z.on  shall  thy  power  be  known, 
And  make  thy  foes  submit. 

2  What  wonders  shall  thy  gospel  do  !. 

Thy  converts  shall  surpass 
The  numerous  drops  of  morning  dew, 
And  own  thy  sovereign  grace. 

3  God  hath  pronounced  a  firm  decree, 

Nor  changes  what  he  swore  ; 
"  Eternal  shall  thy  priesthood  be, 
"  When  Aaron  is  no  more. 

4  il  Melchizsdek,  that  wonderous  priest, 

M  That  king  of  high  degree, 
"  That  holy  man,  whom  Abraham  bless'd, 
"  Was  but  a  type  ol  thee." 

5  Jesus,  our  Priest,  forever  Jives 

To  plead  for  us  above  ; 
Jesus,  our  King,  forever  gives 
The  blessings  of  his  love. 

6  God  shall  exalt  his  glorious  head, 

And  his  high  throne  maintain  ; 
Shall  strike  the  powers  and  princes  dead, 
Who  dare  oppose  his  reign. 


PSALM    CXI.      1st  Part.     C.  M.       (  &  } 

The  Wisdom  of  God  in  his   Works. 

ONGS  of  immortal  praise  belong 
To  my  almighty  God  ; 
He  has  my  heart,  and  he  my  tongue, 
To  spread  his  name  abroad. 


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2  How  great  the  works  his  hand  hath  wrought  $ 

How  glorious  in  our  sight  ! 
And  men  in  every  age  have  sought 
His  wonders  with  delight. 

3  How  most  exact  is  nature's  frame  J 

How  wise  th'  Eternal  Mind  I 


213  PSALM     CXI,     CXII. 


His  counsels  never  change  the  scheme 
Which  his  first  thoughts  design'd. 

4  When  he  redeem'd  his  chosen  sons, 
He  fix'd  his  covenant  sure  : 
The  orders,  which  his  lips  pronounce, 
To  endless  years  endure. 

£  Nature,  and  time,  and  earth,  and  skies. 
Thy  heavtnly  skill  proclaim  : 
What  shall  we  do  to  make  us  wise. 
But  learn  to  read  thy  name  ? 

6  To  fear  thy  power,  to  trust  thy  grace. 
Is  our  divinest  skill  ; 
And  he's  the  wisest  of  our  race, 
Who  best  obeys  thy  will. 


PSALM    CXI.     2d  part.     C.  M.  (  *  ) 

The  Perfections  of  God, 

1  //"^REAT  is  the  Lord  ;  his  works  of  might 
^-3T  Demand  our  noblest  songs  : 

Let  his  assembled  saints  unite 
Their  harmony  of  tongues. 

2  Great  is  the  mercy  of  the  Lord, 

He  gives  his  children  food  ; 
And,  ever  mindful  of  his  word, 
He  makes  his  promise  good. 

3  His  Son,  the  great  Redeemer,  came 

To  seal  his  covenant  sure  ; 
Holy  and  reverend  is  his  name, 
His  ways  are  just  and  pure* 

4  They,  who  would  grow  divinely  wise, 

Must  with  his  fear  beg  n  ; 
Our  fairest  proof  of  knowledge  lies 
In  hating  every  sin. 


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PSALM     CXII.     L.  P.  M.  [  &  ] 

The  Blessings  of  the  liberal  Man, 

HAT   man  is  bless'd,  who  stands  in  awe 
Of  God,  and  loves  his  sacred  law  : 
His  seed  on  earth  shall  bs  renown'd  j 


PSALM     CXII. 


His  house  the  seat  of  wealth  shall  be 
An  inexhausted  treasury, 

And  with  successive  honours  crown'd. 

2  His  liberal  favours  he  extends  ; 

To  some  he  gives,  to  others  lends  ; 

A  generous  pity  fills  his  mind  : 
Yet  what  his  charity  impairs, 
He  saves  by  prudence  in  affairs, 

And  thus  he's  just  to  all  mankind. 

3  His  hands,  while  they  his  alms  bestow'd, 
His  glory's  future  harvest  sow'd  : 

The  sweet  rememberance  of  the  just. 
Like  a  green  root,  revives  and  bears 
A  train  of  bless  ngs  for  his  heirs, 

When  dying  nature  sleeps  in  dust. 

4  Beset  with  threatening  dangers  round, 
Unmoved  shall  he  maintain  his  ground  j 

His  conscience  holds  his  courage  up  : 
The  soul  thai's  fill'd  with  virtue's  light, 
Shines  brightest  in  affliction's  night  ; 

And  sees  in  darkness  beams  of  hope. 
PAUSE. 

5  ( 111  tidings  never  can  surprise 

His  heart,  which  fix'd  on  God,  relies, 
Though  waves  and  tempests  roar  around 

Safe  on  a  rock  he  sits,  and  sees 

The  shipwreck  of  his  enemies, 

And  all  their  hope  and  glory  drown'd. 

6  The  wicked  shall  his  triumph  see, 
And  gnash  their  teeth  in  agony, 

To  find  their  expectations  cross'd  ; 
They  and  their  envy,  pride  and  spite, 
Sink  down  to  everlasting  night, 

And  all  their  names  in  darkness  lost.) 


PSALM    CXII.     L.  M.  (  ^   ) 

The  Blessings  of  the  Pious  and  Charitable . 
1  PipHRICE  happy  man,  who  fears  the  Lord, 
<*•    Loves  his   commands,  and  trusts  his  word  ; 
Honour  and  peace  his  days  attend, 
And  blessings  to  his  seed  descend. 


3,14  PSALM     CXII. 


2  Compassion  dwells  upon  his  mind, 
To  works  of  mercy  still  inclined  : 
He  lends  the  poor  some  present  aid, 
Or  gives  them,  not  to  be  repaid. 

3  When  times  grow  dark,  and  tidings  spread, 
Which  fili  his  neighbours  round  with  dread, 
His  heart  is  arm'd  against  the  fear  ; 

For  God,  with  all  his  power,  is  there; 

4  His  soul,  well  fix'd  upon  the  Lord, 
Draws  heavenly  courage  from  his  word  ; 
Amidst  the  darkness  light  shall  pise, 

To  cheer  his  heart,  and  bless  his  eyes. 

5  He  hath  dispersed  his  alms  abroad, 
His  works  are  still  before  his  God  ; 
His  name  on  earth  shall  long  remain. 
While  envious  sinners  fret  in  vain. 


PSALM    CXII.     C.  M.  (  * ) 

Liberality  rewarded. 

1  THTAPPY  is  he,  who  fears  the  Lord, 
■"-•**-  And  follows  his  commands  ; 
Who  lends  the  poor  without  reward, 

Or  gives  with  liberal  hands. 

2  As  pity  dwells  within  his  breast 

To  all  the  sons  of  need  ; 
So  God  shall  answer  his  request 
With  blessings  on  his  seed. 

3  No  evil  tidings  shall  surprise 

His  well  establish'd  mind  : 

His  soul  to  God,  his  refuge,  flies, 

And  leaves  his  fears  behind. 

4  In  times  of  general  distress, 

Some  beams  of  light  shall  shine, 
To  shew  the  world  his  righteousness, 
And  give  him  peace  divine. 

$  His  works  of  piety  and  love 
Remain  before  the  Lord  ; 
Honour  on  earth,  and  joys  above, 
Shall  be  his  sure  reward. 


PSALM     CXIIT.  .21 


PSALM     CXIIL     L.  P.  M.  ( 

The  Majesty  and  Condescension  of  God. 

1  "^L,  who  delight  to  serve  the  Lord, 

■"-    The  honours  of  his  name  record, 

His  sacred  name  forever  bless  : 
Where'er  the  circling  sun  displays 
His  rising  beams  or  setting  rays, 

Let  lands  and  seas  his  power  confess. 

2  Nor  time,  nor  nature's  narrow  rounds 
Can  give  his  vast  dominion  bounds  ; 

The  heaveRs  are  far  below  his  height  : 
Let  no  created  greatness  dare 
With  our  eternal  God   compare, 

Arm'd  with  his  uncreated  might  ; 

3  He  bows  his  glorious  head  to  view 
What  the  bright  hosts  of  angels  do, 

And  bends  his  care  to  mortal  things  : 
His  sovereign  hand  exalts  the  poor, 
He  takes  the  needy  from  the  door, 

And  makes  them  company  for  kings. 

4  When  childless  families  despair, 
He  sends  the  blessing  of  an  heir, 

To  rescue  their  expiring  name  : 
The  mother,  with  a  thankful  voice, 
Proclaims  his  praises  and  her  joys  : 

Let  every  age  advance  his  fame. 


PSALM     CXIIL     L.  M.  (  ^  ) 

God  Sovereign  end  Gracious. 

t  "V"E  servants  of  th'  Almighty  King, 

■"•    In  every  age  his  praises  sing  : 

Where'er  the  sun  shall  rise  or  set, 

The  nations  shall  his  praise  repeat. 

2  Above  the  earth,  beyond  the  sky, 
Stands  his  high  throne  of  majesty  ; 
Nor  time,  nor  place,  his  power  restrain-, 
Nor  bound  his  universal  reign. 

3  Which  of  the  sons  of  Adam  dare, 
Or  angels,  with  their  God  compare  ? 
His  glories,  how  divinely  bright, 
Who  dwells  in  uncreated  light  t 


316  rSALM     CXIV 


4  Behold  his  love  ;   he  stoops  to  view 
\\  bat  saints  above  and  angels  do  ; 
And  condescends  yet  more,  to  know 
The  mean  affairs  of  men  below. 

5  From  dust  and  cottages  obscure, 
His  grace  exalts  the  humble  poor  ; 
Gives  them  the  honour  oi"  his  sons, 

And  fits  them  for  their  heavenly  thrones. 

6  (  A  word  of  his  creating  voice 

Can  make  the  barren  house  rejoice  : 
Though  Sarah's  n.nety  years  were  past, 
The  promised  seed  is  born  at  last. 

7  With  joy  the  mother  views  her  son, 
And  tells  the  wonders  God  has  done  : 

Faith  may  grow  strong  when  sense  despairs  ; 
If  nature  fails,  the  promi  se  bears.) 


PSALM    CXIV.     L.  M.  (  ^  ) 

Miracles  atteyuling  Israel's  Journey, 

1  WHENT  Israelj  freea  from  Pharaoh's  hand, 

v  '     Left  the  proud  tyrant  and  his  land, 
The  tribes  with  cheerful  homage  own 
Their  King,  and  Juclah  was  his  throne. 

2  Across  the  deep  their  journey  lay  ; 
The  deep  divides  to  make  them  way  : 
Jordan  beheld  their  march,  and  fled 
With  backward  current  to  his  head- 

3  The  mountains  shook,  like  frighted  sheep, 
Like  lambs  the  little  hillocks  leap  ; 

Not  Sinai  on  her  base  could  stand, 
Conscious  of  sovereign  power  at  hand. 

4  What  power  could  make  the  deep  divide  ? 
Make  Jordan  backward  roll  his  tide  ? 
Why  did  ye  leap,  ye  little  hills  ? 

And  whence  the  fright  that  Sinai  feels  ? 

5  Let  every  mountain,  every  flood, 
Retire,  and  know  th'  approaching  God, 
The  King  of  Israel  :  see  him  here  ! 
Tremble,  thou  earth  1  adore  and  fear  ! 


PSALM     CXV.  217 


3  He  thunders,  and  all  nature  mourns  ; 
The  rock  to  standing  pools  lie  turns  ? 
Flints  spring  with  fountains  at  his  word, 
And  fires  and  seas  confess  the  Lord. 


lN°, 


PSALM     CXV.     L.  M.  (  ^  ) 

The  true  God  our  Refuge  ;  or,  Idolatry  refiroved. 

OT  to  ourselves,  who  are  but  dust, 
Not  to  ourselves  is  glory  due, 
Eternal  God,  thou  only  just, 
Thou  only  gracious,  wise  and  true. 
Shine  forth  in  all  thy  dreadful  name  ; 
Why  should  a  heathen's  haughty  tongue 
Insult  us  ?   and,  to  raise  our  shame, 
Say,  «  Where's  the  God  you've  served  so  long  ?'* 
The  God  we  serve-  maintains  his  throne 
Above  the  clouds,  beyond  the  skies  ; 
Through  all  the  earth  his  will  is  done, 
He  knows  our  groans,  he  hears  our  cries. 
But  the  vain  idols  they  adore 
Are  senseless  shapes  of  stone  and  wood  ; 
At  best,  a  mass  of  glittering  ore, 
A  silver  saint,  or  golden  god. 

(  With  eyes  and  ears  they  carve  their  head 
Deaf  are  their  ears,  their  eyes  are  blind  : 
In  vain  are  costly  offerings  made, 
And  vows  are  scatter'/  in  the  wind. 
Their  feet  were  never  made  to  move, 
Nor  hands  to  save  when  mortals  pray  ; 
Mortals,  who  pay  them  fear  or  love, 
Seem  to  be  blind  and  deaf  as  they.) 

0  Israel,  make  the  Lord  thy  hope, 
Thy  help,  thy  refuge,  and  thy  rest  : 
The  Lord  shall  build  thy  ruins  up, 
And  bless  the  people  and  the  priest. 
The  dead  no  more  can  speak  thy  praise, 

1  hey  dwell  in  silence  in  the  grave  ; 
But  we  shall  live  to  sing  thy  grace, 
And  tell  the  world  thy  power  to  save. 

T 


218  PSALM    CXV. 


PSALM    CXV.     P.  M.     10s.  [  %  ] 

Pofiish  Idolatry  reproved. 

NOT  to  our  names,  thou  only  Just  and  True, 
Not  to  our  worthless  names  is  glory  due  ; 
Thy  power  and  grace,  thy  truth  and  justice  claim 
Immortal  honours  to  thy  sovereign  name. 
Shine  through  the  earth  from  heaven  thy  blest  abode, 
Nor  let  the  heathen  say,  «  And  where's  your  God  ?" 

2  Heaven  is  thy  higher  court  ;  there  stands  thy  throne, 
And  through  the  lower  worlds  thy  will  is  done. 

Our  God  framed  all  this  earth,  these  heavens  he  spread* 
But  fools  adore  the  gods  their  hands  have  made  : 
The  kneeling  crowd,  with  looks  devout,  behold 
Their  silver  saviours,  and  their  saints  of  gold. 

3  (  Vain  are  those  artful  shapes  of  eyes  and  ears  ; 
The  molten  image  neither  sees  nor  hears  : 

Their  hands  are  helpless,  nor  their  feet  can  move  ; 
They  have  no  speech,  nor  thought,  nor  power,  nor  love* 
Yet  sottish  mortals  make  their  long  complaints 
To  their  deaf  idols,  and  their  moveless  saints. 

a  The  rich  have  statues  well  adorn'd  with  gold  ; 

~  The  poor,  content  with  gods  of  coarser  mould, 
With  tools  of  iron  carve  the  senseless  slock, 
Lopp'd  from  a  tree,  or  broken  from  a  rock  ; 
People  and  priests  drive  on  the  solemn  trace, 
And  trust  the  gods,  that  saws  and  hammers  made.) 

5  Be  heaven  and  earth  amazed  \  'Tis  hard  to  say, 
Which  is  more  stupid,  or  their  gods,  or  they. 
O  Israel,  trust  the  Lord  I  he  hears  and  sees, 
He  knows  thy  sorrows,  and  restores  thy  peace  « 
His  worship  does  a  thousand  comforts  yield, 
He  is  thy  help,  and  he  thy  heavenly  shield. 
6  In  God  we  trust  J  our  impious  foes  in  vain 
Attempt  our  ruin,  and  oppose  his  reign  ; 
HadThey  prevailM,  darkness  had  closed  our  days. 
And  death  and  silence  had   forbid  his  praise  : 
But  we  are  saved,  and  live  :   let  songs  arise, 
And  Zion  bless  the  God,  who  built  the  skies* 


PSALM     CXVI.  2\9 


PSALM    CXVI.     1st  Part.    CM.      [  fr  } 

Recovery  from  Sickness. 

I  ]j  LOVE  the  Lord  :  he  heard  my  cries, 
■*  And  pitied  every  groan  ; 
Long  as  I  live,  when  troubles  rise, 
I'll  hasten  to  his  throne. 

5  I  love  the  Lord  ;  he  bow'd  his  ear, 
And  chased  my  griefs  away. 
O,  let  my  heart  no  more  despair, 
While  I  have  breath  to  pray. 

3  My  flesh  declined,  my  spirits  fell, 

And  I  drew  near  the  dead  ; 
While  inward  pangs,  and  fears  of  hell} 
Perplex'd  my  wakeful  head. 

4  «  My  God,"  I  cried,  "thy  servant  save, 

"  Thou  ever  good  and  just  ; 
"  Thy  power  can  rescue  from  the  grave, 
«  Thy  power  is  all  my  trust." 

5  The  Lord  beheld  me  sore  distress'd  ; 

He  bid  my  pains  remove  : 
Return,  my  soul,  to  God,  thy  rest, 
For  thou  hast  known  his  love. 

6  My  God  hath  saved  my  soul  from  death. 

And  dried  my  falling  tears  : 
Now  to  his  praise  111  spend  my  breath, 
And  my  remaining  years. 


PSALM     CXVI.     2d  Part.     C.  M.        (  fc  ) 

Ver.  12,  &c.      Vows  made  in  Trouble,  paid  in  the  Church  • 
or ,  Public  Thanks  for  Private  Deliverance. 

1  TOKTHAT  shall  I  render  to  my  God 

t»    For  all  his  kindness  shown  ? 
My  feet  shall  visit  thine  abode, 
My  songs  address  thy  throne. 

2  Among  the  saints  who  fill  thy  house 

My  offerings  shall  be  paid  ; 
There  shall  my  zeal  perform  the  vows 
My  soul  in  anguish  made. 

3  How  much  is  mercy  thy  delighfj 

Thou  ever  blessed.  God  I 


^20  PSALM     CXVII. 


How  dear  thy  servants  in  thy  sight  ! 
How  precious  is  their  blood  ! 

4  How  happy  all  thy  servants  are  ! 

How  great  thy  grace  to  me  ! 
My  life,  which  thou  hast  made  thy  care, 
Lord,  I  devote  to  thee. 

5  Now  I  am  thine,  forever  thine, 

Nor  shall  my  purpose  move  ; 
Thy  hand  hath  loosed  my  bands  of  pain, 
And  bound  me  with  thy  love. 

6.  Here  in  thy  courts  I  leave  my  vow, 
And  thy  rich  grace  record  ; 
Witness,  ye  saints,  who  hear  me  now, 
If  I  forsake  the  Lord. 


PSALM     CXVII.     C.  M.  (  ^  ) 

Praise  to  God  from  all  A'aticns. 

ALL  ye  nations,  praise  the  Lord, 
5  Each  with  a  different  tongue  : 
In  every  language  learn  his  word, 
And  let  his  name  be  sung, 

•2  His  mercy  reigns  through  every  land  ;, 
Proclaim  his  grace  abroad  : 
Forever  firm  his  truth  shalj  stand  :, 
Praise  ve  the  faithful  God. 


PSALM     CXVII.     L.  M.  (  %  ) 

FROM  all,  who  dwell  below  the  skies, 
Let  the  Creator's  praise  arise  ; 
Let  the  Redeemer's  name  be  sung 
Through  every  land,  by  every  tongue. 

Eternal  are  thy  mercies,  Lord  ; 

Eternal  truth  attends  thy  word  : 

Thy  praise  shall  sound  from  shore  to  shore, 

Till  suns  shall  rise  and  set  no  more. 


PSALM     CXVII.     S.  M.  (  %  ) 

npHY  name,  Almighty  Lord, 
-"-   Shall  sound  through  distant  lands  ; 


PSALM    CXVIII.  221 


Great  is  thy  grace,  and  sure  thy  word, 
Thy  truth  forever  stands. 

Far  be  thine  honour  spread, 
And  long  thy  praise  endure, 
Till  morning  light  and  evening  shade 
Shall  be  exchanged  no  more. 


PSALM    CXVIII.     1st  Part.    C.  M.     (  %  I 
Ver.  5— 1-5,     Deliverance  from  Tumult, 

1  HHHE  Lord  appears  my  helper  now, 

JL     Nor  is  my  faith  afraid 
Of  what  the  sons  of  earth  can  do, 
Since  heaven  affords  me  aid. 

2  'Tis  safer,  Lord,  to  hope  in  Thee, 

And  have  my  God  my  friend, 
Than  trust  in  men  of  high  degree, 
And  on  their  truth  depend. 

3  Like  bees  my  foes  beset  me  round  ; 

A  large  and  angry  swarm  ! 
But  I  shall  all  their  rage  confound 
By  thine  Almighty  Arm. 

4  'Tis  through  the  Lord  my  heart  is  strong^. 

In  him  my  lips  rejoice  ; 
While  his  salvation  is- my  song, 
How  cheerful  is  my  voice  ! 

5  Like  angry  bees  they  gird  me  round  j 

When  God  appears,  they  fly  : 
So  burning  thorns,  with  crackling  sound., 
Make  a  fierce  blaze,  and  die. 

6  Joy  to  the  saints  and  peace  belongs  j 

The  Lord  protects  their  days  : 
Let  Israel  tune  immortal  songs 
To  his  almighty  grace. 


PSALM    CXVIII.     2d  Part.     C.  M.     £  «  J 

Ver.  17 — 21.     Public  Praise  for  Deliverance  from  Death, 

I  "IT  ORD,  thou  hast  heard  thy  servant  cry, 
«*^  And  rescued  from  the  grave  ; 
T  2 


222  PSALM     CXVIII. 


Now  shall  be  live  ;  (  and  none  can  die, 
If  God  resolve  to  save.) 

2  Thy  praise,  more  constant  than  before, 

Shall  fill  his  daily  breath  ; 
Thy  hand,  which  hath  chastised  him  sore,, 
Defends  him  still  from  death. 

3  Open  the  gates  of  Zion  now, 

For  we  shall  worship  there  ; 
The  house,  where  all  the  righteous  g;o> 
Thy  mercy  to  declare. 

*  Among  ths  assemblies  of  thy  saints 
Our  thankful  voice  we  raise  : 
There  we  have  told  thee  our  complaints, 
And  there  we  speak  thy  praise. 


PSALM    CXVIII.     3d  Part.     CM.      (  %  ) 

Ver.  22,  23.     Chris^  the  Foundation  of  his  Church 

1  "OEHOLD  the  sure  foundation  stone, 
-lO>  Which  God  in  Zion  lays, 

To  build  our  heavenly  hopes  upon, 
And  his  eternal  praise. 

2  Chosen  of  God,  to  sinners  dear, 

And  saints  adore  the  name  ; 
They  trust  their  whole  salvation  here, 
Nor  shall  they  suffer  shame* 

3*  The  foolish  builders,  scribe  and  priest 
Reject  it  with  disdain  ; 
Yet  on  this  rock  the  church  shall  rest, 
And  envy  rage  in  vain. 

4  What  though  the  gates  of  hell  withstood, 
Yet  must  this  budding  rise  : 
5Tis  thine  own  work,  Almighty  God, 
And  wonderous  in  our  eyes. 


PSALM     CXVIII.     4th  Part.     CM.     (  *  ) 

Ver.  24 — 26.      Hosanna  ;  the  Lord's  Day  ;  or,  Chris?'* 

Resurrection  and  our  Salvation, 

I  'TTH'S  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made} 
A    He  calls  the  hours  J*s  own  j 


PSALM    CXVIII.  228- 


Let  heaven  rejoice,  let  earth  be  glad, 
And  praise  surround  the  throne. 

2  To-day  he  rose  and  left  the  dead, 

And  Satan's  empire  fell  ; 
To-day  the  saints  his  triumphs  spread, 
And  all  his  wonders  telL 

3  Hosanna  to  th*  anointed  King, 

To  David's  holy  Son  ! 
Help  us,  O  Lord  !  descend  and  bring 
Salvation  from  thy  throne. 

4  Bless'd  be  the  Lord,  who  comes  to  men 

With  messages  of  grace  ; 
Who  comes  in  God,  his  Father's  name, 
To  save  our  sinful  race. 

5  Hosanna  in  the  highest  strains 

The  church  on  earth  can  raise  I 
The  highest  heavens  in  which  he  reigns} 
Shall  give  him  nobler  praise* 


PSALM     CXVIIL     S.  M.  (  &  ) 

Ver.  22 — 27.     A  Hosanna  for  the  Lord's  Day ;  or>  a 
new  Song  of  Salvation  by  Christ, 

SEE  what  a  living  stone 
The  builders  did  refuse  ; 
Yet  God  hath  built  his  church  thereoiJ, 
In  spite  of  envious  Jews. 

The  Scribe  and  angry  Priest 
Reject  thine  only  Son  ; 
Yet  on  this  rock  shall  Zion  rest,. 
As  the  chief  corner-stone. 

The  work,  O  Lord,  is  thine, 
And  wonderous  in  our  eyes  ; 
This  day  declares  it  all  divine, 
This  day  did  Jesus  rise. 

This  is  the  glorious  day, 
Which  our  Redeemer  made  ; 
Let  us^rejoice,  and  sing,  and  pra^, 
Let  all  the  church  be  glad. 

Hosanna  to  the  King 

Of  David's  royal  blood  j  -..  • 


2U PSALM     CXVIII,    CXIX, 

Bless  him,  ye  saints  ;  he  comes  to  bring 
Salvation  from  your  God. 

$      We  bless  thy  holy  word, 

Which  all  this  grace  displays  ; 
And  offer  on  thine  altar,  Lord, 
Our  sacrifice  of  praise. 


PSALM    CXVIII.    L.  M.  (  *  ) 

Vor.  22 — 27.      A  Hosanna  for  the  Lord's  Day  ;  or,  a 
new  Song  of  Satvution  by  Christ. 

O  I  what  a  glorious  corner-stone 
The  Jewish  builders  did  refuse  ! 
But  God  hath  built  his  church  thereon. 
In  spite  of  envy,  and  the  Jews  ! 

%  Great  God  t  the  work  is  all  divine, 
The  joy  and  wonder  of  our  eyes  ; 
This  is  the  day,  which  proves  it  thine, 
The  day,  which  saw  our  Saviour  rise. 

3  Sinners  rejoice,  and  saints  be  glad  : 
Hosanna  !    let  his  name  be  bless'd  ; 
A  thousand  honours  on  his  head, 
Wiih  peace,  and  light,  and  glory  rest  \ 

4  In  God's  own  name  he  comes  to  bring 
Salvation  to  our  dying  race  ; 

Let  the  whole  church  address  their  King 
With  hearts  of  joy,  and  songs  of  praise. 


PSALM    CXIX. 


I  have  collected  and  disposed  the  most  useful  verses  of 
this  Psalm  under  eighteen  different  heads>  and  formed  a 
Divine  Song  upon  each  of  them.  But  the  verses  are 
much  transposed  to  attain  some  degree  of  connexion. 

In  some  places,  among  the  words  law,  commands,  judg- 
ments, testimonies,  /  have  used  gospel,  word,  grace* 
truth,  promises,  &c.  as  more  agreeable  to  the  jVtw  Tes- 
tament^ and  the  common  language  of  Christians  ;  and  it 
equally  answers  the  design  of  the  Psalmist,  which  was  to 
recommend  the  Holy  Scriptures. 


PSALM     CXIX. I|25 


PSALM    CXIX.      1st  Part.     C.  M.       (  «  ) 

The  Blessedness  of  Saints,  and  Misery  of  Sinners. 
Ver.  1,  2,  3. 

LESS'D  are  the  undefiled  in  heart, 
Whose  ways  are  right  and  clean, 
Who  never  from  thy  law  depart, 
But  fly  from  every  sin. 

3  BlessM  are  the  men,  who  keep  thy  word, 
And  practise  thy  commands  ; 
With  their  whole  heart  they  seek  the  Lore}, 
And  serve  thee  with  their  hands. 
Ver.  165. 

3  Great  is  their  peace  who  love  thy  law  ; 

How  firm  their  souls  abide  ! 
Nor  can  a  bold  temptation  draw 
Their  steady  feet  aside. 

Ver.  6. 

4  Then  shall  my  heart  have  inward  joy, 

And  keep  my  face  from  shame, 
When  all  thy  statutes  I  obey, 
And  honour  all  thy  name. 

Ver.  21,  118. 
3  But  haughty  sinners  God  will  hate, 
The  proud  shall  die  accursed  ; 
The  sons  of  falsehood  and  deceit 
Are  trodden  to  the  dust. 

Ver.  119,  155. 
6  Vile  as  the  dross  the  wicked  are  ; 
And  those,  who  leave  thy  ways, 
Shall  see  salvation  from  afar, 
But  never  taste  thy  grace. 


PSALM     CXIX.     2d  Part.     C.  M.        (  *  ) 

Secret  Devotion  and    Spiritual  Mindedness  ;    or,  constant 
Converse  with  God. 
Ver.  147,  55. 
1  PipO  Thee,  before  the  dawning  light, 
•"■    My  gracious  God,  I  pray  j 
I  meditate  thy  name  by  night, 
And  keep  thy  law  by  day. 

Ver.  81. 
%  My  spirit  faints  to  see  thy  grace  ; 
Thy  promise  bears  me  up  j 


228  PSALM     CXIX 


And  while  salvation  long  delays, 

Thy  word  supports  my  hope. 
Ver.  164. 
Seven  times  a  day  I  lift  my  hands, 

And  pay  my  thanks  to  Thee  ; 
Thy  righteous  providence  demands 

Repeated  praise  from  me. 
Ver.  62. 
When  midnight  darkness  veils  the  skies, 

I  call  thy  works  to  mind  ; 
My  thoughts  in  warm  devotion  rise, 

And  sweet  acceptance  find. 


PSALM     CXIX.     3d  Part.    C.  M.         [  X  ] 

Professions  of  Sincerity,  Repentance  and  Obedience'. 
Ver.  57,  60. 
2  npHOU  art  my  portion,  O  my  God  ! 
-"■    Soon  as  1  know  thy  way, 
My  heart  makes  haste  t*  obey  thy  word) 
And  suffers  no  delay. 

Ver.  30,  14. 

2  I  choose  the  path  of  heavenly  truth, 

And  glory  in  my  choice  \. 

Not  all  the  riches  of  the  earth 

Could  make  me  so  rejoice. 

3  The  testimonies  of  thy  grace 

I  set  before  mine  eyes  : 
Thence  I  derive  my  daily  strength. 
And  there  rny  comfort  lies. 
Ver.  59. 

4  If  once  I  wander  from  thy  path, 

I  think  upon  my  ways  ; 
Then  turn  my  feet  to  thy  commands, 
And  trust  thy  pardoning  grace. 
Ver.  94,  114. 

5  Now  I  am  thine,  forever  thine, 

O  save  thy  servant,  Lord  ! 
Thou  art  my  shield,  my  hiding  place ? 
My  hope  is  in  thy  word. 

Ver.  112. 

6  Thou  hast  inclined  this  heart  of  mine 

Thy  statutes  to  fulfil  : 
And  thus,  till  mortal  life  shall  end, 
Would  I  perform  thy  will.. 


PSALM    CXIX. 22? 

PSALM    CXIX.    4th  Part.    CM.      (  b  ) 

Instruction  from  Scrifi  ture% 
Ver.  9. 

1  TRTOW  shaT1  the  y°ul,S  secure  their  hearts^ 
•U-JL  And  guard  their  lives  from  sin  I 

Thy  word  the  choicest  rules  imparts, 

To  keep  the  conscience  clean. 

Ver.  130. 

2  When  once  it  enters  to  the  mind, 

Ii  spreads  such  light  abroad, 
The  meanest  souls  instruction  find, 
And  raise  their  thoughts  to  God. 
Ver.  105. 

3  'Tis  like  the  sun,  a  heavenly  light, 

Which  guides  us  all  the  day  ; 
And  through  the  dangers  of  the  night, 
A  lamp  to  lead  our  way. 

Ver.  99,  100. 

4  The  men,  who  keep  thy  law  with  care, 

And  meditate  thy  word, 
Grow  wiser  than  their  teachers  are, 
And  better  know  the  Lord. 

Ver.  104,  113. 

5  Thy  precepts  make  me  truly  wise  ; 

I  hate  the  sinner's  road  : 
I  hate  my  own  vain  thoughts  which  rise, 
But  love  thy  law,  my  God. 

Ver.  89,  90,  91. 

6  (  The  starry  heavens  thy  rule  obey, 

The  earth  maintains  her  place  : 
And  these,  thy  servants,  night  and  day, 
Thy  skill  and  power  express. 

7  But  still  thy  law  «nd  gospel,  Lord, 

Have  lessons  more  divine  ; 
No'^ earth  stands  firmer  than  thy  word, 
Nor  stars  so  nobly  shine.) 

Ver.   160,  140,9,  116. 

8  Thy  word  is  everlasting  truth, 

How  pure  is  every  page  ! 
That  holy  book  shall  guide  our  youth, 
And  well  support  our  age, 


328  PSALM     CXIX. 


PSALM     CXIX.     5th   Part.     C.  M.      (  *  ) 

Delight  in  Scripture  ;  orr  the  Word  of  God  dwelling  in  us. 
Ver.  97 

1  (T\     HOW  I  love  thy  holy  law  ! 
^>  'Tis  daily  my  delight  : 

*  And  thence  my  meditations  draw 
Divine  advice  by  night. 

Ver.  148. 

2  My  waking  eyes  prevent  the  day, 

To  meditate  thy  word  : 
My  soul  with  longing  melts  away 
To  hear  thy  gospel,  Lord. 

Ver.  3,  13,  54. 

3  How  doth  thy  word  my  heart  engage  1 

How  well  employ  my  tongue  ! 
And  in  my  tiresome  pilgrimage, 
Yields  me  a  heavenly  song. 

Ver.  19,  103. 

4  Am  I  a  stranger  ?  or  at  home  I 

'Tis  my  perpetual  feast  ; 
Not  honey,  dropping  from  the  comb, 
So  much  allures  the  taste. 

Ver.  72,  127. 

5  No  treasures  so  enrich  the  mind 

Nor  shall  thy  word  be  sold 

For  loads  of  silver  well  refined, 

Nor  heaps  of  choicest  gold. 

Ver.  28,  49,  175. 

6  When  nature  sinks,  and  spirits  droop* 

Thy  promises  of  grace 
Are  pillars  to  support  my  hope, 
And  there  I  write  thy  praise. 


PSALM    CXIX.     6th  part.     CM.       (  #  )  l 

Holiness  and  Comfort  from  the  Word. 
Ver.  128 
i  TT  ORD,  I  esteem  thy  judgments  right, 
-»~A  And  all  thy  statutes  just  ; 
Thence  I  maintain  a  constant  fight 
With  every  flattering  lust. 

Ver.  97,  9. 
1  Thy  precepts  often  I  survey  : 
I  keep  thy  law  in  sight. 


PSALM     CXlX.  229 


Through  all  the  business  of  the  day, 
To  form  my  actions  right. 
Ver.  62. 

3  My  heart  in  midnight  silence  cries, 

"  How  sweet  thy  comforts  be  !" 
My  thoughts  in  holy  wonder  rise, 
And  bring  their  thanks  to  thee. 
Ver.  162. 

4  And  when  my  spirit  drinks  her  fill, 

At  some  good  word  of  thine, 
Not  mighty  men,  who  share  the  spoil, 
Have  joys  compared  with  mine. 


PSALM    CXIX.     7th  Part.    CM.        (  *  ) 

Imperfections  of  Nature,  and  Perfections  of  Scripture, 

Ver.  96,    Paraphrased. 

LET  all  the  heathen  writers  join 
To  form  one  perfect  book  ; 
Great  God,  if  once  compared  with  thine, 
How  mean  their  writings  look  \ 

2  Not  the  most  perfect  rules  they  gave 

Could  shew  one  sin  forgiven, 

Nor  lead  a  step  beyond  the  grave  ; 

But  thine  conduct  to  heaven. 

3  I've  seen  an  end  of  what  we  call 
Perfection  here  below  ; 
How  short  the  powers  of  nature  fall, 
And  can  no  farther  go  i 

4  Yet  men  would  fain  be  just  with  God, 

By  works  their  hands  have  wrought  ; 
But  thy  commands,  exceeding  broad, 
Extend  to  every  thought. 

5  In  vain  we  boast  perfection  here, 

While  sin  defiles  our  frame  ; 
And  sinks  our  virtues  down  so  far, 
They  scarce  deserve  the  name. 

6  Our  iaith  and  love,  and  every  grace5 

Fall  far  below  thy  word  ; 
But  perfect  truth  and  righteousness 
Dwell  only  with  the  Lord. 
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PSALM     CXIX. 


PSALM     CXIX.     8th  Part.     CM.       [  *  ] 

Vhe  Word  of  God  is  the  Saint's  Portion  ;  or,  the  Excellen- 
cy and  Variety  of  Scripture. 
Ver.  Ill,   Paraphrased. 

1  ]J"   ORD,  I  have  made  thy  word  my  choice, 
*-*  My  lasting  heritage  ; 

There  shall  my  noblest  powers  rejoice, 
My  warmest  thoughts  engage. 

2  I'll  read  the  histories  of  thy  love, 

And  keep  thy  laws  in  sight, 
While  through  thy  promises*  I  rove 
With  ever  fresh  delight. 

3  'Tis  a  broad  land  of  wealth  unknown, 

Where  springs  of  life  arise  ; 
Seeds  of  immortal  bliss  are  sown, 
And  hidden  glory  lies. 
i  The  best  relief  which  mourners  have  f 
It  makes  our  sorrows  bless'd  ; 
Our  fairest  hope  beyond  the  grave, 
And  our  eternal  rest. 

r>c\TVT    r^ClX     9th  Part.     C.  M.       (  *  ) 

Ver.  64,  68,  i». 

1  PinHY  mercies  fill  the  earth,  O  Lord, 

1    How  good  thy  works  appear  . 
Open  mine  eyes  to  read  thy  word, 
And  see  thy  wonders  there. 

Ver.  73,  125. 

2  My  heart  was  fashion'd  by  thy  hand, 

My  service  is  thy  due  : 
O  make  thy  servant  understand 
The  duties  be  must  do. 

Ver.  19. 

3  Since  I'm  a  stranger  here  below, 

Let  not  thy  path  be  hid  ; 
But  mark  the  road  my  feet  should  go, 
And  be  my  constant  guide. 
•  Ver.  26. 

4  When  I  confessed  my  wandering  ways, 

Thou  heardst  my  soul  complain  ; 
Grant  me  the  teachings  of  thy  grace, 
Or  I  shall  stray  again. 

Ver.  33,  34. 

5  If  God  to  me  his  statutes  shew, 

And  heavenly  truth  impart, 


PSALM     CXiX.  231 


His  work  forever  1*11  pursue, 
His  law  shall  rule  my  heart. 
Ver.  50,  71. 

6  This  was  my  comfort  when  I  bore 

Variety  of  grief  ; 
It  made  me  learn  thy  word  the  mor^ 
And  fly  to  that  relief. 

Ver.  51. 

7  ( In  vain  the  proud  deride  me  now  ; 

I'll  ne'er  forget  thy  law  ; 
Nor  let  that  blessed  gospel  go, 
Whence  all  my  hopes  I  draw. 
Ver.  27,  171. 

8  When  I  have  learn'd  my  Father's  wiU. 

I'll  teach  the  world  his  ways  ; 
My  thankful  lips,  inspired  witn  zeal, 
Shall  loud  pronounce  his  praise.) 


PSALM     CXIX.     10th  Part.     C.  M.     (  b  ) 

Ver.  38,  49.  Pleading  the  Promises. 

BEHOLD  thy  waiting  servant,  Lord, 
•*"*  Devoted  to  thy  fear  ; 
Remember  and  confirm  thy  word, 

For  all  my  hopes  are  there. 

Ver.  41,  58,  10f. 
Hast  thou  not  writ  salvation  down, 

And  promised  quickening  grace  ? 
Doth  not  my  heart  address  thy  throne  ? 

And  yet  thy  love  delays. 

Ver.  123,  42, 
Mine  eyes  for  thy  salvation  fail  f 

O,  bear  thy  servant  up  ! 
Nor  let  the  scoffing  lips  prevail, 

Which  dare  reproach  my  hope. 
Ver.  49,  74. 
Didst  thou  not  raise  my  faith,  O  Lord  } 

Then  let  thy  truth  appear  : 
Saints  shall  rejoice  in  my  reward, 

And  trust,  as  well  as  fear. 


PSALM    CXIX.     11th  Part.     CM.      <  fc  > 
Ver.,5,  33.        Breathing  after  Holiness. 
THAT  the  Lord  would  guide  my  ways 
9  To  keep  his  statutes  still  I 


j32  PSALM     CXIX. 


O,  that  my  God  would  grant  me  grace 
To  know  and  do  his  will  ! 
Ver.  29. 

2  O,  send  thy  Spirit  down  to  write 

Thy  law  upon  my  heart  ! 
Nor  let  my  tongue  indulge  deceit, 
Nor  act  the  liar's  part- 

Ver.  37,  36. 

3  From  vanity  turn  off  mine  eyes  : 

Let  no  corrupt  design, 
Nor  covetous  desires  arise 
Within  this  soul  of  mine. 

Ver.  133. 

4  Order  my  footsteps  by  thy  word, 

And  make  my  heart  sincere  ; 
Let  sin  have  no  dominion,  Lord, 
But  keep  mv  conscience  clear. 
Ver.  176. 

5  My  soul  hath  gone  too  far  astray  ', 

My  feet  too  often  slip  ; 
Yet  since  Tve  not  forgot  thy  way, 
Restore  thy  wandering  sheep. 
Ver.  35. 
-6  Make  me  to  walk  in  thy  commands  ; 
'Tis  a  delightful  road  ; 
Nor  let  my  head,  or  heart,  or  hands, 
Offend  against  my  God. 


PSALM     CXIX.     12th  Part.     C.  M.     (    b  ) 

Breathing  after  Comfort  and  Deliverance. 

Ver.  153. 

MY  God,  consider  my  distress, 
Let  mercy  plead  my  cause  ; 
Though  I  have  sinn'd  against  thy  grace, 
I  can't  forget  thy  laws. 

Ver.  39,  116. 
Forbid,  forbid  the  sharp  reproach, 

Which  I  so  justly  fear  ; 
Uphold  my  life,  uphold  my  hopes, 
Nor  let  my  shame  appear. 

Ver.  122,  135. 
Be  thou  a  surety,  Lord,  for  me  ; 

Nor  let  the  proud  oppress  ; 
But  make  thy  waiting  servant  see 
The  shmings  of  thy  face. 


PSALM     CX1X. 


Ver.  82. 
Mine  eyes  with  expectation  fail  ; 

My  heart  within  me  cries, 
"  When  will  the  Lord  his  truth  fulfil, 

"  And  make  my  comforts  rise  ?" 
Ver.  132. 
Look  down  upon  my  sorrows,  Lord, 

And  shew  thy  grace  the  same, 
As  thou  art  ever  wont  t'  afford 

To  those  who  love  thy  name. 


PSALM    CXIX.     ISth  Part.     C.  M.       ( 
Holy  Fearf  and  Tenderness  of  Conscience. 
Ver.  10. 

WITH  my  whole  heart  Pve  sought  thy  face, 
O,  let  me  never  stray 
From  thy  commands,  O  God  of  Grace, 
Nor  tread  the  sinner's  way  I 
Ver.  11. 
Thy  word  Pve  hid  within  my  heart, 

To  keep  my  conscience  clean, 
And  be  an  everlasting  guard 
From  every  ris.ng  sin. 

Ver.  63,  55,  158. 
I'm  a  companion  of  the  saints, 

Who  fear  and  love  the  Lord  : 
My  sorrows  rise,  my  nature  faints, 
When  men  transtrress  thy  word. 
Ver.  161,  163. 
While  sinners  do  thy  gospel  wrong", 

My  spirit  stands  in  awe  ; 
My  soul  abhors  a  lying  tongue, 
But  loves  thy  righteous  law- 

Ver.  161,  120. 
My  heart  with  sacred  reverence  hears 

The  threatenings  of  thy  word  ; 
My  flesh  with  holy  trembling  fears 
The  judgments  of  the  Lord. 

Ver.  166,  174. 
My  God,  I  long,  I  hope,  I  wait 

For  thy  salvation  stiil  ; 
While  thy  whole  law  is  my  delight, 
And  I  obey  thy  will. 
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234  PSALM     CXIX. 


PSALM     CXIX.      14th  Part.     C.  M.     [  fc 

Benefit  of  Jfflic  Lions  >  and  Sufifiort  under  (hem, 
Ver.  153,  81,  82. 

CONSIDER  all  my  sorrows,  Lord, 
And  thy  deliverance  send  ; 
My  soul  for  thy  salvation  faints  ; 
When  will  my  troubles  end  ? 
Ver.  71. 
Yet  I  have  found  His  good  for  mc 

To  bear  my  Father's  rod  ; 
Afflictions  make  me  learn  thy  law, 
And  live  upon  my  God. 

Ver.  50. 
This  is  the  comfort  I  enjoy 

When  new  distress  begins, 

I  read  thy  word,  1  run  thy  way, 

And  hate  my  former  sins. 

Ver.  92, 
Had  not  thy  word  been  my  delight, 

When  earthly  joys  were  fled, 
My  soul,  opprtss'd  with  sorrow's  weight, 
Had  sunk  among  the  dead. 
Ver.    75. 
I  know  thy  judgments,  Lor-!,  are  right, 

Though  they  may  seem  severe  ; 
The  sharpest  sufferings  I  endure 
Flow  from  thv  faithful  care. 
Ver.  67. 
i  Before  I  knew  thy  chastening  red, 
My  feet  were  apt  to  s*ray  ; 
But  now  I  learn  to  keep  thy  word, 
Nor  wander  from  thy  way. 


PSALM     CXIX.     15th  Part.     C.  M.       [  •*  } 

Holy    Resolutions. 
Ver.  93. 

OTHAT  thy  statutes,  evefy  hour, 
'  Might  rest  upon  my  mind! 
Thence  I  derive  a  quickening  power, 
And  daily  peace  I  find. 

Ver.    15,   16. 
To  meditate  thy  precepts.  Lord, 

Shall  be  my  sweet  employ  ; 
My  soul  shall  ne'er  forget  thy  word, 
Thy  word  is  all  my  joy. 


PSALM     CXIX. 


Ver.  32. 

How  would  I  run  in  thy  commands, 

If  thou  my  heart  discharge 
From  sin  and  satan's  hateful  chains, 

And  set  my  feet  at  large  ! 

Vtr.    13,   46. 
My  lips  with  courage  shall  declare 

Thy  statutes  and  thy  name  ; 
I'll  speak  thy  worcK  though  kings  should  hear, 

Nor  yield  to  sinful  shame. 

Ver.      61,  69,  70, 
Let  bands  of  persecutors  rise 

To  rob   me  of  my  right.; 
Let  pride  and  malice  forge  their  lies, 

Thy  law  is  my  delight. 

Ver.    115. 
Depart  from  me,  ye  wicked  race, 

Whose  hands  and  hearts  are  ill  ; 
I  love  my  God,  I  love  his  ways, 

And  must  obey  his  will. 

PSALM     CXIX.     16th  Part.     C.  M.       (  b  ) 

Prayer  for  ou?ckemng  Grace. 
Ver.    25,  37. 
"Y  soul  lies  cleaving  to  the  dust ; 
Lord,  give  me  life  divine  ! 
From  vain  desires  and  every  lust, 
Turn  off  these  eyes  of  mine. 

I  need  the  influence  of  thy  grace 

To  speed  me  in  thy  way, 
Ltst  I  should  loiter  in  my  race, 

Or  turn  my  feet  astray. 

Ver.  107. 
When  sore  afflictions  press  me  down, 

I  need  thy  quickening  powers  ; 
Thy  word,  which  I  have  rested  on, 

Shall  help  my  heaviest  hours. 
Ver.  156,  40. 
Are  not  thy  merces  sovereign  still  ? 

And  thou  a  faithful  God  ? 
Wilt  thou  not  grant  me  warmer  zeal 

To  run  the  heavenly  road  ? 

Ver.  159,  40. 
Does  not  my  heart  thy  precepts  love, 

And  long  to  see  thy  face? 


PSALM     CXIX. 


And  yet  how  slow  my  spirits  move, 
Without  enlivening  grace  I 
Ver:  93. 
i  shall  I  love  thy  gospel  more, 
le'er  forget  ihy  word, 
W  -•'  1  have  felt  us  quickening  power, 
To  cU'u>v  me  n  ar  the  Lord. 


PSALM     CXiX       17th  Part.     L.  M.      (  b   ) 
Courage  and  Perseverance  under    Persecution;    or,  Grace 
shining  in  Difficulties  and  Trials. 
Ver.  143,  28. 

1  W^EN  pain  and  anguish  seize  me,  Lord, 

W    All  my  support  is  from  Uiy  word  : 
My  soul  dissolves  for  heaviness, 
Uphold  me  with  thy  strengthening  grace. 
Ver.  51,  69,  110. 

2  The  proud  have  framed  their  scoffs  and  lies, 
They  watch  my  feet  with  envious  eyes, 
And  tempt  my  -oul  to  snares  and  sin  ; 

Yet  thv  commands  I  ne'er  decline. 
Ver.  161,  78. 

3  They  hate  me,  Lord,  without  a  cause, 
They  hate  to  see  me  love  thy  laws  ; 
But  I  will  trust  anci  fear  thy  na.Tie, 
Till  pnde  and  malice  die  with  sname. 

PSALM     CXIX.     Last  Part.     L.  M.     (   b   ) 

Sanctified  Afflictions  ;  or,  Delight  in  the  Word  of  Gap. 
Ver.  67,  59. 

1  TTJJATHER,  I  bless  thy  gentle  hand  ; 
™    How  kind  was  thy  chastising  rod, 
Which  forced  my  conscience  to  a  stand, 
And  brought  my  wandering  soul  to  God  * 

2  Foolish  and  vain,  I  went  astray, 
Ere  I  had  felt  thy  scourges,  Lord  ; 
I  left  my  guide,  and  lost  my  way, 
But  now  I  love  and  keep  thy  word. 

Ver.  71. 

3  'Tis  good  for  me  to  wear  the  yoke, 
For  pride  is  apt  to  rise  and  swell  ; 
JTis  good  to  bear  my  Father's  stroke, 
Th*t  I  might  iearn  his  statutes  well. 

Ver.  72. 

4  The  law,  which  issnes  from  thy  mouth. 
Shall  raise  my  cheerful  passions  more 


PSALM     CXX,     CXXI.  237 

Than  all  the  treasures  of  the  South, 
Or  Western  hills  of  golden  ore. 

Ver.  73. 
Thy  hands  have  made  my  mortal  frame. 
Thy  Spirit  form'd  my  soul  within  ; 
Teach  me  to  know  thy  wonderous  name, 
And  guard  me  safe  from  death  and  sin. 

Ver.  74. 
Then  all,  who  love  and  fear  the  Lord, 
At  my  salvation  shall  rejoice  ; 
For  I  have  hoped  in  thy  word, 
And  made  thy  grace  my  only  choice. 


PSALM     CXX.     CM.  [  b  1 

Comfilaint  of  Quarrelsome  Neighbours  ;  or,  a  Devout  Wish 
for  Peace. 

1  PjpHOU  God  of  Love,  thou  ever  bless'd, 

■^   Pity  my  suffering  state  : 
When  wilt  thou  set  my  soul  at  rest 
From  lips,  which  love  deceit  ? 

2  Hard  lot  of  mine  !  my  days  are  cast 

Among  the  sons  of  strife, 
Whose  never-ceasing  brawlings  waste. 
My  golden  hours  of  life. 

3  O,  might  I  fly  to  change  my  place, 

How  would  I  choose  to  dwell 

In  some  wide,  lonesome  wilderness, 

And  leave  these  gates  of  hell  i 

4  Peace  is  the  blessing,  which  I  seek  ; 

How  lovely  are  its  charms  ! 
I  am  for  peace  ;  but  when  I  speak, 
They  all  declare  for  arms. 

5  New  passions  still  their  souls  engage, 

And  keep  their  malice  strong  ; 
What  shall  be  done  to  curb  thy  rage, 
O,  thou  devouring  tongue  ! 

6  Should  burning  arrows  smite  thee  through, 

Strict  justice  would  approve  ; 
But  I  had  rather  spare  my  foe, 
And  melt  his  heart  with  love. 


PSALM     CXXI.     L.  M.  (  *  ) 

Divine  Protection. 
I   ¥TP  t0  thee  hills  I  lift  mine  eyes, 
*-'  Th*  eternal  hills  beyond  the  skies  ; 


PSALM    CXXL 


Thence  all  her  help  my  soul  derives  I 

There  my  Almighty  Refuge  lives. 
2  He  lives  ;  the  everlasting  God, 

Who  built  the  world,  who  spread  the  flood 
The  heavens  with  all  their  hosts  he  made 

And  the  dark  regions  of  the  dead, 
p  He  guides  our  feet,  he  guards  our  way  ; 

His  morning-smiles  bless  all  the  day  ; 

He  spreads  the  evening  veil,  and  keeps 

The  silent  hours  while  Israel  sleeps. 

4  Israel,  a  name  divinely  bless'd, 
May  rise  secure,  securely  rest  ; 
Thy  holy  guardian's  wakeful  eyes 
Admit  no  slumber  nor  surprise. 

6  Nc  sun  shall  smite  thy  head  by  day,  ' 
Nor  the  pale  moon  with  sickly  ray 
Shall  blast  thy  couch  $  no  baleful  star 
Dart  his  malignant  fire  so  far. 

6  Should  earth  and  hell  with  malice  burn; 
Still  thou  shalt  go,  and  still  return 
Safe  in  the  Lord  ;  his  heavenly  care 
Defends  thy  life  from  every  snare. 

7  On  thee  foul  spirits  have  no  power  ;. 
And  in  thy  last  departing  hour, 
Angels,  who  trace  the  airy  road, 
Shall  bear  thee  homeward  to  thy  God. 


PSALM     CXXI.     C.  M.  (  *  ) 

Preservation  by  Day  and  jYight: 
i   YW\d  heaven  I  lift  my  waiting  eyes, 
***■    There  all  my  hopes  are  laid  : 
The  Lord,  who  built  the  earth  and  skies. 
Is  my  perpetual  aid. 

2  Their  feet  shall  never  slide  to  falP, 

Whom  he  designs  to  keep  : 
His  ear  attends  the  softest  call  ; 
His  eyes  can  never  sleep. 

3  He  will  sustain  our  weakest  powers 

With  his  almighty  arm, 
And  watch  our  most  unguarded  hours 
Against  surprising  harm. 

4  Israel,  rejoice,  and  rest  secure, 

Thy  keeper  is  the  Lord  ; 


PSALM    CXXI,    CXXII 


His  wakeful  eyes  employ  his  power 

For  thine  eternal  guard. 
Nor  scorching  sun,  nor  sickly  moon 

Shall  have  his  leave,  to  smite  ; 
He  shields  thy  head  from  burning  noon, 

From  blasting  damps  at  night. 

He  guards  tny  soul,  he  keeps  thy  breath* 
Where  thickest  dangers  come  ; 

Go  and  return,  secure  from  death, 
Till  God  commands  thee  home. 


PSALM     CXXI.     H.  M.  (  #  } 

God  our  Preserver. 

T  jPWARD  I  lift  mine  eyes, 

*~J  From  God  is  all  my  aid  j 

The  God,  who  built  the  skies, 

And  earth  and  nature  made  : 
God  is  the  tower,         To  which  I  fly  ; 
His  grace  is  nigh         In  every  hour. 

My  feet  shall  never  slide, 

Nor  fall  in  fatal  snares, 

Since  God,  my  guard  and  guide, 

Defends  me  from  my  fears. 
Those  wakeful  eyes,     Which  never  sleep, 
Shall  Israel  keep,  When  dangers  rise. 

No  burning  heats  by  day, 

Nor  blasts  of  evening  air 

Shall  take  my  health  away, 

If  God  be  with  me  there  : 
Thou  art  my  sun,         And  thou  my  shade, 
To  guard  my  head        By  night  or  noon. 

Hast  thou  not  given  thy  word, 

To  save  my  soul  from  death  ? 

And  I  can  trust  my  Lord 

To  keep  my  mortal  breath  : 
I'll  go  and  come,         Nor  {ear  to  cie. 
Till  from  on  high       Thou  call  me  home. 


PSALM     CXXII.     C.  M.  (  $  ) 

Going  to  Church. 
,}  TjTOW  did  my  heart  rejoice  to  hear 
iO-  My  friends  devoutly  say, 
"'In  Zion   let  us  all  appear, 
«  And  keep  the  solemn  day  !" 


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2  I  love  her  gates,  I  love  the  road  ; 

The  church,  adorn'd  with  grace, 
Stands,  like  a  palace,  built  for  God, 
To  show  his  milder  face. 

3  Up  to  her  courts,  with  joys  unknown, 

The  holy  tribes  repair, 
The  Son  of  David  holds  his  throne, 
And  sits  in  judgment  there. 

4  He  hears  our  praises  and  complaints  ; 

And  while  his  awful  voice 
Divides  the  sinners  from  the  saints, 
We  tremble  and  rejoice. 

5  Peace  be  within  this  sacred  place, 

And  joy,  a  constant  guest  : 
With  holy  gifts,  and  heavenly  grace? 
Be  her  attendants  bless'd. 

6  My  soul  shall  pray  for  Zion  still, 

While  life  or  breath  remains  : 
There  my  best  friends,  my  kindred  dwell, 
There  God,  my  Saviour,  reigns. 


PSALM     CXXII.     S.  P.  M.  (  *  ) 

Going  to  Church. 

MOW  pleased  and  blest  was  I, 
To  hear  the  people  cry, 
"  Come,  let  us  seek  our  God  to-day  i" 

Yes,  with  a  cheerful  zeal, 

We  haste  to  Zion's  hill, 
And  there  our  vows  and  honours  pay. 

Zion,  thrice  happy  place  \ 

Adorn*  d  with  wonderous  grace, 
And  walls  of  strength  embrace  thee  round  ; 

In  thee  our  tribes  appear, 

To  pray,  and  praise,  and  hear 
The  sacred  gospel's  joyful  sound. 

There  David's  greater  Son 

Has  fix'd  his  royal  throne  ; 
lie  sits  for  grace  and  judgment  there  ; 

He  bids  the  saint  be  glad, 

And  makes  the  sinner  sad, 
And  humble  souls  rejoice  with  fear. 

May  peace  attend  thy  gate, 

And  joy  within  thee  wait, 
To  bless  the  soul  of  every  guest  ; 


psalm   cxxnr,   exxiv.  241 


The  man,  who  seeks  thy  peace, 
And  wishes  thine  increase, 
A  thousand  blessings  on  him  rest  ! 

My  tongue  repeats  her  vows, 

81  Peace  to  this  sacred  house  !" 
For  here  my  friends  and  kindred  dwell  ; 

And  since  my  glorious  God 

Makes  thee  his  biess'd  abode, 
My  soul  shall  ever  love  thee  well. 

Repeat  the  4  th  Stanza,  if  necessary. 


PSALM    CXXIII.     C.  M.  (  %  ) 

Pleading  with  Submission. 
THOU,  whose  grace  and  justice  reign 
Enthroned  above  the  skies, 
To  thee  our  hearts  would  tell  their  pain, 
To  thee  we  lift  our  eyes. 

2  As  servants  watch  their  master's  hand, 
And  fear  the  angry  stroke  ! 
Or  maids  before  their  mistress  stand, 
And  wait  a  peaceful  look  I 

so  for  our  sins  we  justly  feel 

Thy  discipline,  O  God  ; 
Yet  wait  the  gracious  moment  still, 
Till  thou  remove  thy  rod. 

4  Those,  who  in  wealth  and  pleasure  live, 

Our  daily  groans  deride. 
And  thy  delays  of  mercy  give 
Fresh  courage  to  their  pride. 

5  Our  foes  insult  us,  but  our  hope 

In  thy  compassion  lies  ; 
This  thought  shall  bear  our  spirits  up, 
That  God  will  not  despise. 

PSALM     CXXIV.     L.  M.  (  ^  ) 

A  Song  for  Public  Deliverance. 
I  ]U[AD  not  the  Lord,  may  Israel  say, 
■u-"-  Had  not  the  Lord  maintained  our  side, 
When  men,  to  make  our  lives  a  prey, 
Rose  like  a  swelling  of  the  tide  ; 
W 


242  PSALM     CXXV. 


2  The  swelling-  tide  had  stopt  our  breath, 
So  fiercely  did  the  waters  roll, 

We  had  been  swallow'd  deep  in  death  ; 
Proud  waters  had  o'erwhelm'd  our  souL 

3  We  leap  for  joy,  we  shout  and  sing, 
Who  just  escaped  the  fatal  stroke  ; 
So  flies  the  bird  with  cheerful  wing, 
When  once  the  fowler's  snare  is  broke. 

•1  Forever  blessed  be  the  Lord, 
Who  broke  the  fowler's  cursed  snare, 
Who  saved  us  from  the  murdering  sword, 
And  made  our  lives  and  souls  his  care  1 

.5  Our  help  is  in  Jehovah's  name, 

Who  form'd  the  earth  and  built  the  skies  ; 
He,  who  upholds  that  wonderous  frame, 
Guards  his  own  church  with  watchful  eyes-. 


PSALM    CXXV.     C.  M. 

The  Saint's  7 'rial  and  Safety. 

USfSHAKEN  as  the  sacred  hill, 
And  firm  as  mountains  be, 
Firm  as  a  rock  the  soul  shall  rest. 
That  leans,  O  Lord,  on  Thee. 

2  Not  walls,  nor  hills  could  guard  so  well 

Old  Salem's  happy  ground, 
As  those  eternal  arms  of  love, 
Which  every  saint  surround. 

3  While  tyrants  are  a  smarting  scourge, 

To  drive  them  near  to  God, 
Divine  compassion  does  allay 
The  fury  of  the  rod. 

4  Deal  gently,  Lord,  with  souls  sincere. 

And  lead  them  safely  on 
To  the  bright  gates  of  paradise, 
Where  Christ,  their  Lord,  is  gone. 

,5  But  if  we  trace  those  crooked  ways, 
Which  the  old  serpent  drew, 
The  wrath  that  drove  him  first  to  heJl 
Shall  smite  his  followers  too.. 


PSALM     CXXV,     CXXVI  243 

PSALM     CXXV.     S.  M.  (  X  ) 

The  Saint's  Trial  and  Safety  ;  or,  moderated  dfflictiom, 

1  7TTMRM  and  unmoved  are   they, 
&~     Who  rest  their  souls  on  God  ; 

Firm,  as  the  mount,  where    David  dwelt}. 
Or  where  the  ark  abode. 

2  As  mountains  stood  to  guard 
The  city's  sacred  ground, 

So  God,  and  his  almighty  love, 
Embrace  his  saints  around. 

3  What  though  a  Father's  rod 
Drop  a  chastising  stroke, 

Yet  lest  it  wound  their  souls  too  deep. 
Its  fury  shall  be  broke. 
4,       Deal  gently,  Lord,  with   those, 
Whose  faith  and  pious  fear, 
Whose  hope  and  love,  and  every  grace 
Proclaim  their  hearts  sincere. 
5       Nor  shall  the  tyrant's  rage 
Too  long  oppress  the  saint  ; 
The  God  of  Israel  will  support 
His  children,  lest  they  faint. 
S       But  if  our  slavish  fear 

Will  choose  the  road  to  hell, 
We  must  expect  our  portion  there, 
Where  bolder  sinners  dwell. 


PSALM     CXXVI.     L.  M.         (  &'  ) 

Surprising  Deliverance. 
'HEN  God  restored  our  captive  state, 
Joy  was  our  song,  and  grace  our  theme  ; 
The  grace,  beyond  our  hopes,  so  great, 
hat  joy  appeared  a  painted  dream. 

Tht  scoffer  owns  thy  hand,  and  pays 
Unwilling  honours  to  thy  name  ; 
While  we  with  pleasure  shout  thy  praise, 
With  cheerful  notes  thy  love  proclaim. 

When  we  review'd  our  dismal  fears, 
'Twas  hard  to  think  they'd  vanish'd  so  \. 
With  God  we  left  our  flowing  tears 
He  makes  our  joys,  like  rivers,  flow.' 


,U  PSALM     CXXVI,     CXXVII. 


4  The  man,  who  in  bis  furrow'd  field 
His  scattered  seed  with  sadness  leaves. 
Will  shout  to  see  the  harvest  yield 
A  welcome  load  of  jovial  sheaves. 


PSALM    CXXVI.     C.  M.  (  *  ) 

The  Joy  of  a  remarkable  Conversion  ;  or  Melancholy  removed. 

1  TO"HEN  God  revealM  his  gracious  name, 

v  v    And  changed  my  mournful  state, 
My  rapture  seem'd  a  pleasing  dream, 
The  grace  appeared  so  great. 

2  The  world  beheld  the  glorious  change, 

And  did  thy  hand  confess  ; 
My  tongue  broke  out  in  unknown  strains, 
And  sung  surprising  grace. 

8  "  Great  is  the  work,"  my  neighbours  cried j 
And  ovvn'd  thy  power  divine  ; 
"Great  is  the  work,"  my  heart  replied, 
"  And  be  the  glory  thine." 
4  The  Lord  can  clear  the  darkest  skies, 
Can  give  us  day  for  night  ; 
Make  drops  of  sacred  sorrow  rise 
To  rivers  of  delight. 
$  Let  those  who  sow  in  sadness  wait 
Till  the  fair  harvest  come, 
They  shall  confess  their  sheaves  are  great, 
And  shout  the  blessings  home. 
6  Though  seed  lie  buried  long  in  dust, 
It  sha'nt  deceive  their  hope  ! 
The  precious  grain  can  ne'er  be  lost, 
J-'or  grace  insures  the  crop. 

psalM  cxxvil~T.  m.        (  b  ) 

The  Blessing  of  God  on  the  Business  and  Comforts  of  Life. 

\  ]j  F  God  succeed  not,  all  the  cost 
■^  And  pains  to  build  the  house  aie  lost  ; 
If  God  the  city  will  not  keep, 
Tiie  Watchful  guards  as  wrell  may  sleep. 

3   What  if  you  rise  before  the  sun, 
And  Work  and  toil  when  day  is  done, 
Careful  and  sparing  eat  your  bread, 
To  shun  that  poverty  you  dread  ; 


PSALM    CXXVII,    CXXVIII.  24; 


3  'Tis  all  in  vain,  till  God  hath  bless'd  ; 
He  can  make  rich  ;  yet  give  us  rest  ; 
Children  and  friends  are  blessings  too, 
If  God,  our  Sovereign,  make  them  sa. 

4  Happy  the  man,  to  whom  he    sends 
Obedient  children,   faithful  friends  ! 
How  sweet  our  daily  comforts  prove, 
When  they  are  season'd  with  his  love  i 


PSALM    CXXVII.     C.  M.  £  b  1 

God,  Ml  in  AH. 
Y  ¥F  God  to  build  the  house  deny, 
«*  The  builders  work  in  vain  ; 
And  towns,  without  his  wakeful  eye, 
An  useless  watch  maintain. 

2  Before  the  morning  beams  arise, 
Your  painful  work  renew, 
And,  till  the  stars  ascend  the  skies, 
Your  tiresome  toil  pursue. 
-3  Short  be  your  sleep,  and  coarse  your  fare< 
In  vain,  till  God  has  bless'd  ; 
But  if  his  smiles  attend  your  care, 
You  shall  have  food  and  rest. 

4  Nor  children,  relatives,  nor  friends* 
Shall  real  blessings  prove, 
Nor  all  the  earthly  joys  he  sends, 
If  sent  without  his  love. 


PSALM     CXXVIII.     C.  M.  [  *  1 

Family  Blessings. 
HAPPY  man,  whose  soul  is  Hl'd 
With  zeal  and  reverend  awe  I 
His  lips  to  God  their  honours  yield, 
His  life  adorns  the  law. 

2  A  careful  Providence  shall  stand, 

And  ever  guard  thy  head, 
Shall  on  the  labours  of  thy  hand 
Its  kindly  blessings  shed. 

3  Thy  wife  shall  be  a  fruitful  vine  ; 

Thy  children  round  thy  board, 
Each,  like  a  plant  of  honour,  shine, 
And  learn  to  fear  the  Lord. 
W  2 


-'46  PSALM     CXXIX. 


Tlic  Lord  shall  thy  best  hopes  fulfil 

For  months  and  years  to  come  ; 
The  Lord,  who  dwells  on  Zion's  hill, 

Shall  send  thee  blessings  home. 
This  is  the  man  whose  happy  eyes 

Shall  see  his  house  increase, 
Shall  see  the  sinking  church  arise, 

Then  leave  the  world  in  peace. 


PSALM     CXXIX.     C.  M.  (  b  ) 

Persecutors  Punished. 

1  TTTP  from  my  youth,  may  Israel  say, 
~      Have  I  been  nursed  in  tears  ; 
My  griefs  were  constant  as  the  day, 

And  tedious  as  the  years. 

2  Up  from  my  youth  I  bore  the  rage 

Of  all  the  sons  of  strife  ; 
Oft  they  assatl'd  my  riper  age, 
But  not  destroy'd  my  life. 

3  Their  cruel  plough  had  torn  my  flesh, 

With  furrows  long  and  deep  ; 
Hourly  they  vex'd  my  wounds  afresh, 
Nor  let  my  sorrows  sleep. 

4  The  Lord  grew  angry  on  his  throne, 

And,  with  impartial  eye, 
Measured  the  mischiefs  they  had  done, 
Then  let  his  arrows  fly. 

3  How  was  their  insolence  surprised 
To  hear  his  thunders  roll! 
And  all  the  foes  of  Zion  seized 
With  horror  to  the  soul  ! 
6  Thus  shall  the  men,  who  hate  the  sainis, 
Be  blasted  from  the  sky  ; 
Their  glory  fades,  their  courage  faints, 
And  all  their  projects  die. 
■7  (What  though  they  flourish  tall  and  fair, 
They  have  no  root  beneath  ; 
Their  growth  shall  perish  in  despair, 
And  lie  despised  in  death.) 
8  (So  corn,  which  on  the  house-top  stands, 
No  hope  of  harvest  gives  ; 
The  reaper  ne'er  shall  fill  his  hands:. 
Nor  binder  fold  the  sheaves. 


PSALM     CXXX.  3*7 


9  It  springs  and  withers  on  the  place  : 
No  traveller  bestows 
A  word  of  blessing  on  the  grass, 
Nor  minds  it  as  he  goes.) 


PSALM     CXXX.    C.  M.  [  b 1 

Pardoning  Grace. 
|UT  of  the  deeps  of  long  distress, 
The  borders  of  despair,  ' 
I  sent  my  cries  to  seek  thy  grace, 
My  groans,  to  move   thine  ear. 

2  Great  God  I   should  thy  severer  eye 

And  thine  impartial  hand 
Mark  and  revenge  iniquity, 
No  mortal  flesh  could  stand. 

3  But  there  are  pardons  with  my  God 

For  crimes  of  high  degree  ; 
Thy  Son  hath  bought  them  with  his  blooelf 
To  draw  us  near  to  thee. 

4  (I  wait  for  thy  salvation,  Lord, 

With  strong  desires  I  wait ; 
My  soul,  invited  by  thy  word, 
Stands  watching  at  thy  gate.) 

5  (Just  as  the  guards,  who  keep  the  nighty 

Long  for  the  morning  skies, 
Watch  the  first  beams  of  breaking  light,. 

And  meet  them  with  their  eyes  : 
0  So  waits  my  soul  to  see  thy  grace, 

And,  more  intent  than  they, 
Meets  the  first  openings  of  thy  face,, 

And  finds  a  brighter  day.) 

7  (Then  in  the  Lord  let  Israel  trust, 

Let  Israel  seek  his  face  ; 
The  Lord  is  good  as  well  as  just, 
And  plenteous  in  his  grace. 

8  There's  full  redemption  at  his  throne 

For  sinners  long  enslaved  ; 

The  great  Redeemer  is  his  Son, 

And  Israel  shall  be  saved.) 


PSALM     CXXX.     L.  M.  [  *  ] 

Pardoning  Grace. 
ROM  deep  distress  and  troubled  thoughts, 
,   To  thee,  my  God>  I  raised  my  cries  1 


48  PSALM     CXXXI,     CXXXII. 


If  thou  severely  mark  our  faults, 
No  lies  i  can  stand  before  thine  eyes. 
J  But  thou  hast  built  thy  throne  of  grace, 
Free  to  dispense  thy  pardons  there, 
That  sinners  may  approach  thy  face, 
And  hope  and  love,  as  well  as  fear. 

3  As  the  benighted  pilgrims  wait, 
And  long  and  wish  for  breaking  day, 
So  waits  my  soul  before  thy  gate ; 
Wnen  will  my  God  his  face  display? 

4  My  trust  is  fix'd  upon  thy  word ; 
Nor  shall  I  trust  thy  word  in  vain  : 
Let  mourning  souls  address  the  Lord, 
And  find  relief  from  all  their  pain. 

5  Great  is  his  love,  and  large  his  grace, 
Through  the  redemption  of  his  Son  : 
He  turns  ou.'  feet  from  sinful  ways, 
And  pardons  what  our  hands  have  done. 

PSALM     CXXXI.    CM.  (  fc  I 

Humility  and  Submission. 

1  Y^  there  ambition  in  my  heart  ? 

JL     Search,  gracious  God,  and  see  ; 
Or  do  I  act  a  haughty  part  ? 
Lord,  I  appeal  to  thee. 

2  I  charge  my  thoughts,  be  humble  still, 

And  all  my  carriage  mild, 
Content,  my  Father,  with  thy  will, 

And  quiet  as  a  child. 
-3  The  patient  soul,  the  lowly  mind 

Shall  have  a  large  reward  : 
Let  saints  in  sorrow  lie  resign'd, 

And  trust  a  faithful  Lord. 

rssr»m  m  ix»ni  >jm     fTtwcaJPEa— own — — — 

PSALM    CXXXII.    U.M77  (  *  ) 

yer.  5,  13 — 13.     Jit  the  Settlement  of  a  Church;  or,  (to 

Ordination  of  a  Minister. 
i   VKT  MERE  shall  we  go  to  seek  and  find 
'*       A  habitation  for  our  God, 
A  dwelling  for  th'  Eternal  Mind, 
Among   the  sons  of  flesh  and  blood  ? 
i  The  God  of  Jacob  chose  the  hill 
Of  Zion  for  his  ancient  rest , 


PSALM      CXXXII.  249 


And  Zion  is  his  dwelling  still, 

His  church  is  with  his  presence   6lessM. 

3  <4  Here  will  I  fix  my    gracious  throne, 
And  reign  forever,"   saith  the  Lord  I 
"  Here  shall  my -power  and  love  be  knoWn, 
"  And  blessings  shall  attend  my  word. 

(4  "  Here  will  I  meet  the  hungry  poor, 
"  And  fill  their  souls  with  living  bread.: 
"  Sinners,  who  wait  b.fore  my  door, 
"  With  sweet  provision  shall  be  fed, 

5  u  Girded  with  truth,  and  cldth'd  with  grace? 
"  My  priests,  my  ministers  shall  shine  ; 

"  Not  Aaron,  in  his  costly  dress, 
"  Made  an  appearance  so  divine. 

6  "The  saints,  unable  to  contain 

"Their  inward  joys,  shall  shout  and  sing  ; 
"The  Son  of  David  here  shall  reign, 
"And  Zion  triumph  in  her  King. 

7  ("Jesus  shall  see  a  numerous  seed 
"Born  here,  t'  uphold  his  glorious  name  ; 
"His  crown  shall  flourish  on  his  head, 
"While  all  his  foes  are  cloth'd  with  shame.") 

TSALM      CXXXIL     CM.  (  *  ) 

Ver.  4,  5,  7,  8,  15  — 17.     A  Church  established. 

i  IVfO  sleep  nor  slumber  to  his  eyes 
■*^    Good  David  would  afford, 
Till  he  had  found  below  the  skies 
A  dwelling  for  the  Lord. 

2  The  Lord  in  Zion  placed  his  name, 

His  ark  was  settled  there  : 

To  Zion  the  whole  nation  came 

To  worship  thrice  a  year. 

3  But  we  have  no  such  lengths  to  go, 

Nor  wander  far  abroad  ; 
Where'er  thy  saints  assemble  now. 
There  is  a  house  for  God. 
PAUSE. 

4  Arise,  O  King  of  Grace,  arise, 

And  enter  to  thy  rest  ! 
Lo  !   thy  church  waits,  with  longing  eyes.. 
Thus  to  be  cwn'd  and  bless'd. 


250 PSALM     CXXXIII. 

5  Enter,  with  all  thy  glorious' train, 

Thy  Spirit  and  thy  Word  ; 
All  which  the  ark  did  once  contain 
Could  no  such  grace  afford. 

6  Here,  mighty  God  !  accept  our  vows 

Here  let  thy  praise  be  spread  ; 
Bless  the  provisions  of  thy  house, 
And  fill  thy  poor  with  bread. 

7  Here  let  the  Son  of  David  reign  ; 

Let  God's  Anointed  shine  ; 
Justice  and. truth  his  court  maintain^ 
With  love  and  power  divine. 

8  Here  let  him  hold  a  lasting  throne, 

And,  as  his  kingdom  grows, 
Fresh  honours  shad  adorn  his  crown, 
And  shame  confound  his  foes. 

PSALM     CXXXIII.~~C.  M~  (  %  > 

Brotherly  Love, 
1   71*   O,  what  an  entertaining  sight 
■**-^  Are  brethren  who  agree  ; 
Brethren,  whose  cheerful  hearts  unite 
In  bands  of  piety  ! 

2  When  streams  of  love,  from  Christ  the  spring, 
Descend  to  every  soul, 
And  heavenly  peace,  with  balmy  wing, 
Shades  and  bedews  the  whole  : 
5  'Tis  like  the  oil,  divinely  sweet, 
On  Aaron's  reverend  head, 
The  trickling  drops  perfumed  his  feet. 
And  o'er  his  garments  spread. 

4  'Tis  pleasant  as  the  morning  dews, 
-      Which  tall  on  Zion's  hilt, 
Where  God  his  mildest  glory  shews*, 
And  makes  his  grace  distil. 


PSALM     CXXXIII.     S.  M.  (  #  > 

Communion    of  Saints ;  or,  Love  and  Worship,  in  a  Family, 
1       TR^ESS'D  are  the  sons  0f  peace, 

Whose  hearts  and  hopes  are  one,. 
Whose  kind  designs  to  serve  and  please, 
Through  all  their  actions  run. 


PSALM  CXXXI1I,  CXXXIV.  251 


:     Bless'd   is  the  pious  house, 

Where  zi-al  and  friendship  meet  ; 

Their  songs  of  praise,  their  mingled  vows, 
Make  their  communion  sweet. 

Thus,  when  on  Aaron's  head 
They  pour'd  the  rich  ptrfume, 
The  oil  through  all  his  raiment  spread, 
And  pleasure  fill'd  the  room. 

Thus  on  the  heavenly  hills 
The  saints  arc  bless'd  abore, 
Where  joy,  like  morning  dew,  distils, 
And  all  the  air  is  love. 


PSALM    CXXXill.     S.  P.  M.  (  %  ) 

The  Blessings  of  Friendship. 

MOW  pleasant  'tis  to  see 
Kindred  and  friends  agree  ; 
Each  in  their  proper  station  move, 
And  each  fulfil  their  part, 
With  syrnpathis  ng  heart, 
In  all  the  cares  of  life  and  love  ! 

'Tis  like  the  ointment  shed 

On  Aaron's  sacred  head, 
Divinely  rich,  d.vinely  sweet : 

The  oil  through  all  the  room 

Diffused  a  choice  perfume, 
Ran  through  his  robes,  and  bless'd  his  feet, 

Like  fruitful  showers  of  rain, 

Which  water  all  the  plain, 
Descending  from  the  neighbouring  hills; 

Such  streams  of  pleasure  roll 

Through  every  iriendiy  soul, 
Where  love,  like  heavenly  dew>  distils. 


PSALM     CXXXIV.       CM.  (  ^  ) 

Daily  and  nightly  Devotion. 

1  "^E,  who  obey  th'  immortal  King, 

•"■     Attend  his  holy  phce  ; 
Bow  to  the  glories  of  his  power, 
And  bless  hie  wondercus  grace. 

2  Lift  up  your  hands  by  morning  light, 

And  send  your  souls  oa  high: 


2  52  PSALM     CXXXV. 


Raise  your  admiring  thoughts  by  night 
Above  the  starry  sky. 

The  Cod  of  Zion  cheers  our  hearts 
With  rays  of  quickening  grace; 

The  God,  who   spreads  the  heavens  abroad, 
And  rules  the  swelling  seas. 


PSALM     CXXXV.     1st  Part.     L.  M.     (  * 
Ver.    1 — 1,    14,    19—21. 
The  Church  is  GoDya  House  and  Care. 
I  "ORAISE  ye  the  Lord  ;  exalt  his  Dame] 
^    While  in  his  holy  courts  ye  wait, 
Ye  saints,  who  to  his  house  belong, 
Or  stand  attending  at  his  gate. 

2  Praise  ye  the  Lord  ;  the  Lord  is  good  *_ 
To  praise  his  name  is  sweet  employ  ! 
Israel  he  chose  of  old,  and  still 

His  church  is  his  peculiar  joy. 

3  The  Lord  himself  will  judge  his  saints  : 
He  treats  his  servants  as  his  friends  : 
And  when  he  hears  their  sore  complaints. 
Repents  the  sorrows,  which  he  sends. 

4  Through  eve^y,  age  the  Lord  declares 
His  name,  and  breaks  th'  oppressor's  rod  ; 
He  gives  bis  suffering  servants  rest, 

And  will  be  known  th'  Almighty  God. 

5  Bless  ye  the  Lord,  who  taste  his  love, 
People  and  priests,  exalt  his  name  : 
Among  his    saints  he  ever    dwells  : 
His  church  is  his  Jerusalem. 


PSALM    CXXXV.     2n  Part.     L.  M.     f  *  ] 

Ver.  5 — 12.      The    Works    of   Creation,    Providence,    Rt 

nation  of  Israel,  and  Destruction  of  Emmies. 
\    4T\  REAT  is  the  Lord,  exalted  high 

"^  Above  ail    powers,  and  every  throne  : 

Whate'er  he  please,  in  earth  or  sea, 

Or  heaven  or  hell,  his  hand  hath  done. 
2   At  his  command  the  vapours  rise, 

The  lightnings  flash,  the  thunders  roar  ; 

He  pours  the  rain,  he  brings  the  wind 

And  tempests  from  his  airy  store. 


PSALM     CXXXV. 


;  'Twas  he  those  dreadful  tokens  sent, 

O  Egypt)  through  thy  stubborn  land  ; 

"When  all  thy  first-born,  beasts  and  men, 

Fell  dead  by  his  avenging  hand. 
i  What  mighty  nations,  mighty  kings 

He  slew,  and  their  whole  country  gave 

To  Israel,  whom  his  hand  redeem'd, 

No  more  to  be  proud  Pharaoh's  slave  ! 
5  His  power  the  same,  the  same  his  grace, 

Who  saves  us  from  the  hosts  of  hell ; 

And  heaven  he  gives  us  to  possess, 

Whence  those  apostate  angels  fell. 

PSALM     CXXXV.    C.  M.  [  *  J 

Praise  due  to   God,  n*t  to  Idols. 
i     k  WAKE,  ye  saints,  to  praise  your  King, 
-£».  Your  sweetest  passions  raise, 
Your  pious  pleasure,  while  you  sing, 
Increasing  with  the  praise. 

2  Great  is  the  Lord  ;  and  works  unknown 

Are  his  divine  employ  : 
But  still  his  saints  are  near  his  throne, 
His  treasure  and  his  joy. 

3  Heaven,  earth  and  sea  confess  his  hand ; 

He  bids  the  vapours  rise  : 
Lightning  and  storm,  at  his  command, 
Sweep  through  the  sounding  skies. 

4  All  power,  which  gods  or  kings  have  claim'd, 

Is  found  with  him  alone; 
But  heathen  gods  should  ne'er  be  named, 
Where  our  Jehovah's  known. 

5  Which  of  the  stocks  or  stones  they  trugt 

Can  give  them  showers  of  rain  ? 
In  vain  they  worship  glittering  dust, 
And  pray  to  gold  in  vain. 

6  (Their  gods  have  tongues,  which  cannot  talk, 

Such  as  their  makers  gave : 
Their  feet  were  ne'er  design'd  to  walk, 
Nor  hands  have  power  to  save. 

7  Blind  are  their  eyes,  their  ears  are  deaf, 

Nor  hear  when  mortals  pray  : 
Mortals,  who  wait  for  their  relief, 
Are  blind  and  deaf  as  thev.) 
X 


PSALM     CXXXVI. 


S    ic  saints,  adore  the  living  God, 
Serve  him  with  faith  and  fear  ; 
He  makes  the  churches  his  abode, 
And  claims  your  honours  there. 

PSALM     CXXXVI.     CM.  (  ^  ) 

God's  Wonders  of  Creation,    Providence,  Redemption  of 
Israel,  and  Salvation  of  his  People. 

1  4Ti  IVE  thanks  to  God,  the  sovereign  Lord, 
^JT   His  mercies  stil!  endure  ; 

And  be  the  King  of  kings  adored: 
His  truth  is  ever  .sure. 

2  What  wonders  hath  his  wisdom  done  ! 

How  mighty  is  his  hand  ! 
Heaven,  earth  and  sea  he  framed  alone  : 
How  wide  is  his  command  ! 

3  The  sun  supplies  the  day  with  light : 

How  bright  his.  counsels  shine  ! 
The  moon  and  stars  adorn  the  night : 
His  works  are  aH  divine. 

4  (He  struck  the  sons  of  Egypt  dead  : 

How  dreadful  is  his  rodl 
And  thence  with  joy  his  people  led  : 
How  gracious  is  our  God  ! 

5  He  cleft  the  swelling  sea  in  two  ; 

His  arm  is  great  in  might: 
And  gave  the  tribes  a  passage  through  ; 
His  power  and  grace  unite. 

6  But  Pharaoh's  army  there  he  drown'd: 

How  glorious  are  his  ways  I 
And  brought  his  saints  through  desert  ground; 
Eternal  be  his  praise. 

7  Great  monarchs  fell  beneath  his  hand  : 

Victorious  is  his  sword  ; 
White  Israel  took  the  promised  land; 
And  faithful  is  his  word.) 

8  lie  saw  the  nations  dead  in  sin  ; 

He  felt  his  pity  move  : 
How  sad  the  state  the  world  was  in  ! 
How  boundless  was  his  love  ! 

9  He  sent  to  save  us  from  our  wo  ; 

His  goodness  never  fails  ; 
From  death,  and  hell,  and  every  foe  % 
And  still  his  grace  prevails. 


PSALM    CXXXVI 


10  Give  thanks  to  God,  the  heavenly  King  ; 
His  mercies  still  endure  ; 
Let  the  whole  earth  his  praises  sing  ; 
His  truth  is  ever  sure. 


PSALM    CXXXVI.     H.  M.  [  &  J 

GIVE  thanks  to  God  most  high, 
The  universal  Lord  ; 

The  sovereign  King  of  kings; 

And  be  his  grace  adored 
His  power  and  grace     Are  still  the  same  ; 
And  let  his  name  Have  endless  praise. 

How  mighty  is  his  hand  ! 

What  wonders  hath  he  dene  ! 

He  form'd  the  earth  and  seas, 

And  spread  the  heavens  alone. 
Thy  mercy,  Lord,     Shall  still  endure  ; 
And  ever  sure  Abides  thy  word. 

His  wisdom  framed  the  sun, 

To  crown  the  day  with  light ; 

The  moon  and  twinkling  stars, 

To  cheer  the  darksome  night. 
His  power  and  grace     Are  still  the  same  ; 
And  let  his  name  Have  endless  praise. 

(He  smote  the  first-born  sons, 

The  flower  of  Egypt,  dead  : 

And  thence  his  chosen  tribes 

With  joy  and  glory  led. 
Thy  mercy,  Lord,     Shall  still  endure  ; 
And  ever  sure  Abides  thy  word, 

His  power  and  lifted  rod 

Cleft  the  Red  Sea  in  two, 

And  for  his  people  made 

A  wonderous  passage  through. 
His  power  and  grace     Are  still  the  same  ; 
And  let  his  name  Have  endless  praise. 

But  cruel  Pharaoh  there 

With  all  his  host  he  drown'd  ; 

And  brought  his  Israel  safe 

Through  a  long  desert  ground. 
Thy  mercy,  Lord,     Shall  still  endure  ; 
And  ever  sure  Abides  thy  word. 

PAUSE. 

The  kings  of  Canaan  fell 

Beneath  his  dreadful  hand  ; 


256  PSALM     CXXXVT. 


While  his  own  servants  took 

Possession  of  their  land. 
His  power  and  grace     Are  still  the  same  ; 
And  let  his  name  Have  endless  prarse. 

3       He  saw  the  nations  lie 

All  perishing  in  sin, 

And  pitied  the  sad  state 

The  ruin*d  world  was  in. 
Thy  mercy,  Lord,     Shall  still  endure  ; 
And  ever  sure  Abides  thy   word! 

9  He  sent  his  only  Son 
To  save  us  from  our  wo, 
From  Satan,  sin,  and  death, 
And  every  hurtful  foe. 

His  power  and  grace     Are  Still  the  same  ; 
And  let  his  name  Have  endless  praise. 

10  Give  thanks  aloud  to  God, 
To  God,  the  heavenly  King  ; 
And  let  the  spacious  earth 
His  works  and  glories  sing. 

Thy  mercy,  Lord,     Shall  still  endure  ; 
And  ever  sure  Abides  thy  word. 


PSALM     CXXXVI.     Abridged.     L.  M.      C  «  ) 

GIVE  to  our  God  immortal  praise  ; 
Mercy  and  truth  are  all  his  ways  j 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong, 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  song. 
Give  to  the  Lord  of  lords  renown, 
The   King  of  kings  with  glory  crown  ; 
His  mercies  ever  shall  endure, 
When  lords  and  kings  are  known  no  mote. 
He  built  the  earth,  he  spread  the  sky, 
And  fix'd  the  starry  lights  on  high  : 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong, 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  song. 
He  fills  the  sun  with  morning  light, 
He  bids  the  moon  direct  the  night : 
His  mercies  ever  shall  endure, 
When  suns  and  moons  shall  shine  no  more. 
The  Jews  he  freed  from  Pharaoh's  hand, 
And  brought  them  to  the  promised  land  : 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong, 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  song. 


PSALM     CXXXVIII. 257 

6  He  saw  the  Gentiles  dead  in  sin, 
And  felt  Ins  pity  work  within  : 
His  mercies  ever  shall  endure, 

When  death  and  sin  snail  reign  no  more. 

7  He  sent  ha  Son  with  power  to  save 
From  guilt,  and  darkness,  and  the  grave  : 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong, 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  song. 

8  Through  this  vain  world  he  guides  our  fee^t, 
And  leads  us  to  his  heavenly  seat : 

His  mercies  ever  shall  endure, 

When  this  vain  world  shall  be  no  more. 

PSALM    CXXXVIII.      L.  M.  (  b  ) 

Restoring  and  Preserving  Grace. 

1  ("OT1TH  all  my  powers  of  heart  and  tongue 

v  ▼     I'll  praise  my  Maker  in  my  song  : 
Angels  shall  hear  the  notes  I  raise, 
Approve  the  song,  and  join  the  praise. 

2  Angels,  who  make  thy  church  their  care, 
Shall  witness  my  devotion  there. 

While  holy  zeal  directs  my  eyes 
To  thy  fair  temple  in  the  skies.) 

3  I'll  sing  thy  truth  and  mercy,  Lord  j 
I'll  sing  the  wonders  of  thy  word  ; 
Not  all  thy  works  and  names  belov.  r 
So  much  thy  power  and  glory  show. 

4  To  God  I  cried  when  troubles  rose  ; 
He  heard  me,  and  subdued  my  foes  $ 
He  did  my  rising  fears  control, 

And  strength  diffused  through  all  my  soul. 

5  The  God  of  heaven  maintains  his  state, 
Frowns  on  the  proud,  and  scorns  the  great ; 
But  from  his  throne  descends  to  see 

The  sons  of  humble  poverty. 

6  Amidst  a  thousand  snares  I  stand, 
Upheld  and  guarded  by  thy  hand ; 
Thy  words  my  fainting  soul  revive, 
And  keep  my  dying  faith  alive. 

7  Grace  will  complete  what  grace  begins, 
To  save  from  sorrows  or  from  sins  ; 
The  work,  which  wisdom  undertakes. 
Eternal  mercy  ne'er  forsake^ 

X  2 


PSALM     CXXXIX. 


PSALM     CXXXIX.     1st  Part.     L.  M.     (   J,  ) 

The  All -seeing  God. 
I  "T   ORD,  thou  hast  search'd  and  seen  me  through;- 
J"  Thine  eye  commands  with  piercing  view 
My  rising  and  my  resting  hours, 
My  heart  and  flesh,  with  all  their    powers. 

2  My  thoughts,  before  they  are  my  own, 
Are  to  my  God  distinctly  known  : 

He  knows  the  words  I  mean  to  speak, - 
Ere  from  my  opening  lips  they  break. 

3  Within  thy  circling  power  I  stand  ; 
On  every  side  I  find  thy  hand  : 
Awake,  asleep,  at  home,  abroad, 

I  am  surrounded  still  with  God. 

4  Amazing  knowledge,  vast  and  great : 
What  large  extent  !  what  lofty  height  I 
My  soul,  with  all  the  powers  I  boast, 
Is  in  the  boundless  prospect  lost. 

5  "  O,  may  these  thoughts  possess  my  breast.. 
«  Where'er  I  rove,  where'er  1  rest  ; 

"  Nor  let  my  weaker  passions  dare 
«  Consent  to  sin,  for  God  is  there." 
PAUSE  I. 

6  Could  I  so  false,  so  faithless  prove, 
To  quit  thy  service  and  thy  love, 
Where,  Lord,  could  I  thy  presence  shun, 
Or  from  thy  dreadful  glory  run  ? 

7  If  up  to  heaven  I  take  my  flight, 

'Tis  there  thou  dwell'st  enthroned  in  light  ; 
Or  dive  to  hell,  there  vengeance  reigns, 
And  Satan  groans  beneath  his  chains. 

8  If,  mounted  on  a  morning  ray> 
I  fly  beyond  the  western  sea, 

Thy  swifter  hand  would  first  arrive, 
And  there  arrest  thy  fugitive. 

9  Or,  should  I  try  to  shun  thy  sight, 
P>eneath  the  spreading  veil  of  nigh;, 
One  glance  of  thine,  one  piercing  ray, 
"Would  kindle  darkness  into  day. 

10  "  O,  may  these  thoughts  possess  my  breast, 
"  Where'er  I  rove,  where'er  I  rest ; 
<k  Nor  let  my  weaker  passions  dare 
"  Consent  to  sin,  for  God  is  there.'* 


PSALM    CXXXIX.  2*9 


PAUSE  II. 

11  The  veil  of  night  is  no  disguise, 

No  screen  from  thy  all-searching  eyes  ; 
Thy  hand  can  seize  thy  foes  as  soon 
Through  midnight  shades,  as  blazing  noon. 

12  Midnight  and  noon  in  this  agree, 
Great  God,  they're  both  al'ke  to  thee  ; 
Not  death  can  hide  what    God  will  spy, 
And  hell  lies  naked  to  his  eye. 

13  "  O,  may  these  thoughts  possess  my  breast, 
fC  Where'er  I  rove,  where'er  I  rest ; 

i(Nor  let  my  weaker  passions  dare 
"Consent  to  sin,  for  God  is  there." 


PSALM    CXXXIX.     2d  part.      L.     M.     (  b  ) 

The  wonderful  Formation  of  Man, 

1  ?P]p\VAS  from  thy  hand,  my  God,  I  came, 

«"•    A   work  of  such  a  curious  frame  ; 
In  me  thy  fearful  wonders  shine, 
And  each  proclaims  thy  skill  divine/ 

2  Thine  eyes  did  all  my  limbs  survey,. 
Which  yet  in  dark  confusion  lay  ; 
Thou  saw'st  the  daily  growth  they  tooK> 
Form'd  by  the  model  of  thy  book. 

3  By  thee  my  growing  parts  were  named, 
And  what  thy  sovereign  counsels  framed^ 
The  breathing  lungs,  the  beating  heart, 
Were  copied  with  unerring  art. 

4  At  last,  to  shew  my  Maker's  name, 
God  stamp'd  his  image  on  my  frame, 
And  in  some  unknown  moment  join'd 
The  finish'd  members  to  the  mind. 

5  There  the  young  seeds  of  thought  began. 
And  all  the  passions  of  the  man  ; 

Great  God,  our  infant  nature  pays 
Immortal  tribute  to  thy  praise. 
PAUSE. 

6  Lord,  since  in  my  advancing  age 
I've  acted  on  life's  busy  stage, 

Thy  thoughts  of  love  to  me  surmount 
The  power  of  numbers  to  recount. 

7  I  could  survey  the  ocean  o'er, 

And  count  each  sand,  which  makes  the  shoos 


260  PSALM     CXXXIX. 


Before  my  swiftest  thoughts  could  trace 
The  numerous  wonders  of  thy   grace. 

jS  These  on  my  heart  are  still  impress,d 
With  these  I  g;ve  mine  eyes  to  rest  ; 
And  at  my  waking  hour  I  find 
God  and  his  love  possess  my  mind. 


PSALM     CXXXIX.      3d  part.     L.  M.     (  b   I 
Sincerity  p.rofe&aed,  and  Grace  tried;  or,  the  Heart- 
searching'  God. 

1  1WY  God'  What  inward  Snef  I  feel, 

1VJL  When  impious  men  transgress  thy  will  I 
I  mourn  to- hear  their  lips  profane 
Take  thy  tremendous  name  in  vain. 

2  Does  not  my  soul  detest  and  hate 
The  sons  of  malice  and  deceit  ? 
Those,  who  oppose  thy  laws  and  thee, 
I  count  them  enemies  to  me. 

3  Lord,  search  my  soul,  try  every  thought  j 
Though  mine  own  heart  accuse  rue  not 
Of  walking  in  a  false  disguise, 

I  beg  the  trial  of  thine  eyes. 
■4  Doth  secret  mischief  lurk  within  ? 
Do  I  indulge  some  unknown  sin  I 
O,  turn  my  feet  vhene'er  I  stray, 
And  lead  me  in  thy  perfect  way  I 


PSALM     CXXXIX.     1st  part.      CM.     (*) 

God  29  every  where. 
1    IN  all  my  vast  concerns  with  thee, 
■*   In  vain  my  soul  would  try 
To  shun  thy  presence,  Lord,  or  flee 
The  notice  of  thine  eye. 
3  Thine  all-surrounding  sight  surveys 
My  rising  and  my  rest  ; 
My  public  walks,  my  private  ways* 
And  secrets  of  my  breast. 
3  My  thoughts  lie  open  to  the  Lord, 
^  Before  they're  form'd  within  ; 
And  ere  my  lips  pronounce  the  word, 
He  knows  the  sense  I  mean. 
4,  O,  wonderous  knowledge,  deep  andhigh  I 
>Yittre  can  a  creautre  hide  I 


PSALM    CXXXJX.  261 


Within  thy  circling  arms  I  lie, 
Beset  on  every  side. 

5  So  let  thy  grace  surround  me  still, 
And,  like  a  bulwark,   prove, 
To  guard  my  soul  from  every  ill,, 
Secured  by  sovereign  love. 
PAUSE. 
0  Lord,  where  shall  guilty  souls  retrce, 
Forgotten  and  unknown  ? 
In  hell  they  meet  thy  dreadful  fire, 
In  heaven,  thy  glorious  throne. 

7  Should  I  suppress  my  vital  breath, 

To  'scape  the  wrath  divine, 
Thy  voice  would  break  the  bars  of  deatfcj 
And  make  the  grave  resign. 

8  If,  wing'd  with  beams  of  morning  light, 

I  fly  beyond  the  west, 
Thy  hand,  which  must  support  my  flight) 
Would  soon  betray  my  rest. 

9  If  o'er  my  sins  I  think  to  draw 

The  curtains  of  the  night, 
Those  flaming  eyes,  which  guard  thy  law. 
Would  turn  the  shades  to  light. 

10  The  beams  of  noon,  the  midnight  hour, 

Are  both  alike  to  thee  ; 
O,  may  I  ne'er  provoke  that  power, 
From  which  1  cannot  flee. 


PSALM    CXXXIX.     2d  part.     C.     M.     [  ^ 

The   Wisdom  of  God  in  the  Formation  of  Man. 

WHEN  I,  with  pleasing  wonder,  stand, 
And  all  my  frame  survey, 
Lord,  'tis  thy  work  :  I  own  thy  hand 

Thus  built  my  humble  clay. 
Thy  hand  my  heart  and  reins  possess'd, 

Where  unborn  nature  grew  ; 
Thy  wisdom  all  my  features  traced, 

And  all  my  members  drew. 
Thine  eye  with  nicest  care  survey'd 

The  growth  of  every  part, 
Till  the  whole  scheme  thy  thoughts  had  laid 

Was  copied  by  thine  art. 
Heaven,  earth,  and  sea,  and,  fire,  and  wind 

Shew  me  thy  wonderous  skill  ; 


*62  PSALM  CXXXIX,  CXLI. 


But  I  review  myself  and  find 
Diviner  wonders  still. 

5  Thy  awful  glories  round  me  shine, 
My  flesh  proclaims  thy  praise  ; 
Lord,  to  thy  works  of  nature  join 
Thy  miracles  of  grace. 

PSALM      CXXXIX.     3d  paet.    G.     M      [  fc>  ) 
Ver.  14,  17,   18.       The  Mercies  of  God  innumerable, 

,  AN  EVENING    PSALM. 

W  ORD,  when  I  count  thy  mercies  o'er, 

1  hey  strike  me  with  surprise  ; 
Not  all  the  sands*  which  spread  the  shore, 
lo  equal  numbers  rise. 
^  My  flesh  with  fear  and  wonder  stands, 
The  product  of  thy  skill  ; 
And  hourly  blessings  from  thy  hands 
Thy  thoughts  of  love  reveal. 
£  These  on  my  heart  by  night  I  keep  j 
flow  kind,  how  dear  to  me  ! 
O,  may  the  hour,  which  ends  my  sleep, 
Still  find  my  thoughts  with  thee. 


PSALM     CXLI.     L.  M.  (  «■) 

Ver.  2— 5.        Watchfulness  and  Brotherly   Re/iroof. 

m  ffl-v   r      A  M0RN1NG  0R  EVENING  PSALM. 

jVl  \     od'  ac/:ePl  my  early  vows, 

Like  morning  incense  in   thy  house  ; 
And  let  my  nightly  worship  rise, 
Sweet  as  the  evening  sacrifice. 

2  Watch  o'er  my  lips,  and  guard  them,  Lord, 
Irom  every  rash  and  heedless  word  ; 

Nor  let  my  feet  incline  to  tread 
The  guilty  path  where  sinners  lead. 

3  O  may  the  righteous,  when  I  stray, 
Smite  and  reprove  my  wandering  way  I 
Their  gentle  words,  like  ointment,  shed, 
Shall  never  bruise,  but  cheer  my  head. 

4  When  I  behold  them  prcss'd  with  grief, 
I  11  cry  to  Heaven  for  their  relief  : 
And  by  my  warm  petitions  prove 

How  much  I  priz-j  their  faithful  love 


PSALM  CXLII,  CXLIII.  263 


PSALM     CXLII.     C.  M.  [  b  J 

God  is  the  Hope  of  the  Hel/iless. 

1  FTpO  God  I  made  my  sorrows  known, 

-"-    From  God  I  sought  relief  ; 
In  long  complaints  before  his  throne 
I  pour'd  out  all  my  grief. 

2  My  soul  was  overwhelm'd  with  woes, 

My  heart  began  to  break  ; 
My  God,  who  all  my  burdens  knows, 
He  knows  the  way  I  take. 

3  On  every  side  I  cast  mine  eye, 

And  found  my  helpers  gone  ; 
While  friends  and  strangers  pass'd  me  b} ■-, 
Neglected  or  unknown. 

4  Then  did  I  raise  a  louder  cry, 

And  call'd  thy  mercy  near, 
"Thou  art  my  portion  wiien  I  die, 
"Be  thou  my  refuge  here." 

5  Lord,  I  am  brought  exceeding  low  ; 

Now  let  thine  ea**  attend  ; 
And  make  my  foes,  who  vex  me,  know 
I've  an  Almighty  Friend. 

-6  From  my  sad  prison  set  me  free, 
Then  shall  I  praise  thy  name  ; 
And  holy  men  shall  join  with  me 
1  hy  kindness  to  proclaim  ! ■'• 


PSALM     CXLIII.     L.  M.  (  fe  ) 

Comfilaint  of  heavy  dffiiciions  in  Mind  and  Body. 
i  TMTY  righteous  Judge,  my  gracious  God, 
•J-™    Hear  when  I  spread  my  hands  abroad, 
And  cry  for  succour  from  thy  throne  : 
O,  make  thy  truth  and  mercy  known  1 

2  Let  judgment  not  against  me  pass  ; 
Behold,  thy  servant  pleads  thy  grace  \ 
Should  justice  call  us  to  thy  bar, 

No  man  alive  is  guiltless  there. 

3  Look  down  in  pity,  Lord,  and  see 
The  mighty  woes,  which  hurden  me  ; 
Down  to  the  dust  my  life  is  brought, 
Like  one  long  buried  and  forgot. 


264  PSALM     CXLIV. 


\  I  dwell  in  darkness  and  unseen, 

My  heart  is  desolate  within  ; 

My  thoughts  in  musing  silence  trace. 

The  ancient  wonders  of  thy  ^race. 
3  Thence  I  derive  a  glimpse  of  hope 

To  bear  my  sinking  spirits  up  ; 

I  stretch  my  hai;ds  to  God    i^ain, 

And  thirst,  jike  parched  lands,  for  rain. 

6  For  thee  I  thirst.  I  pray,  I  mourn  ; 
When  will  tny  smii  ng  face  return  ? 
Shall  all  my  joys  on  earth  remove  ? 
And  God  forever  hide  his  love  ? 

7  My  God,  tfry  long  delay  to  save 
Will  sink  thy  prisoner  to  the  grave  : 
Mv  heart  grows  faint,  and  dim  mine  eye 
Make  haste  to  help  before  I  die. 

3  The  night  is  witness  to  my  tears, 
Distressing  pains,  distressing  fears  ; 
O,  might  1  hear  thy  morning  voice, 
How  would  my  wearied  powers  rejoice  t 

9  In  thee  I  trust,  to  thee  1  sigh, 
And  lift  my  heavy  soul  on  high  ; 
For  thee  sit  waiting  all  the  day, 
And  wear  the  tiresome  hours  away. 

i'O  Bt£ak  off  my  fetters,  Lord,  and  show 
Which  is  the  path  my  feet  should  go; 
If  snares  and  foes  be^t  the  road, 
I  flee  to  hide  me  near  my  God. 

1 1  Teach  me  to  do  thy  holy  will, 
And  lead  me  to  thy    heavenly  hill  ; 
Let  the  good  Spirit  of  thy  love 
Conduct  me  to    thy  courts  above. 

12  Then  shall  my  soul  no  more  complain, 
The  tempter    then  shall  rage  in  vain  ; 
And  flesh,  which  was  my  foe  before, 
Shall  neve  rvex  my  spirit  more. 


PSALM     CXLIV.     1st  Part.     C.  M.      (  *  ) 
Ver.  1,2.     Assistance  and  Victory  in  the  Spiritual  Warfare. 
1    pOREVER  blessed  be  the  Lord, 
•IP    My  Saviour  ..v.d  my  shield  ; 
He  sends  his  Spirit  with  his  Word,,    . 
To  arm  me  for  the  field. 


PSALM     CXLIV. 


2  When  sin  and  hell  their  force  unite, 

He  makes  my  soul  his  care, 
Instructs  me  to  the  heavenly  fight, 
And  guards  me  through  the  war. 

3  A  friend  and  helper  so  divine 

Doth  my  weak  courage  raise  ; 
He  makes  the  glorious  victory  mine, 
And  his  shall  be  the  praise. 


PSALM    CXLIV.     2d  Part.     C.  M,       [  b  ] 

Ver.  3 — 6,    The  Vanity  of  Man,  and  Condescension  of  Goo. 

\   V   OKD,  what  is  man,  poor  feeble  man, 
■"  Born  of  the  earth  at  first ! 
His  life,  a  shadow,  light  and  vain, 
Still  hastening  to  the  dust  ! 

2  O,  what  is  feeble,   dying  man, 

Or  any  of  his  race, 
That  God  should  make  it  his  concern 
To  visit  him  with  grace  ! 

3  That  God,  who  darts  his  lightnings  down. 

Who  shakes  Ihe  worlds  above, 
And  mountains  tremble  at  his  frown, 
How  wonderous  is  his  love  ! 


PSALM     CXLIV.     L,  M.  (  ^  ) 

Ver.   12 — 15.    Grace  above  Riches  ;  or,  the  hopjiy  Nation* 

1  TO  APPY  the  city,  where  their  sons, 
*"■■  Like  pillars  round  a  palace,  set, 
And  daughters,   bright  as  polish'd  stones, 
Give  strength  and  beauty  to  the  state. 

2  Happy  the  country,  where  the  sheep, 
Cattle  and  corn,  have  large  increase ; 
Where  men   securely  work  or  sleep, 
Nor  sons  of  plunder  break  their  peace. 

3  Happy  the  nation  thus  endow'd  ; 
But  more  divinely  bles*are  those, 
On  whom  the  all-sufficient  God 
Himself,  with  all  his  grace  bestows* 

Y 


2^*3  PSALM     CXLV. 


PSALM     CXLV.     L.  M,  J  *  J 

The  Greatness  of  God. 

1  1^/TY  God,  my  King,  thy  various  praise 
lviL  Shall  fill  the  remnant  of  my  days  ; 
Thy  grace  employ  my  hunible  tongue, 
Till  death  and  glory  raise  the  song, 

2  The  wings  of  every  hour  shall  Wear 
Some  thankful  tribute  to  thine  ear  j 
And  every  setting  sun  shall  see 
New  works  of  duty  done  for  thee. 

3  Thy  truth  and  justice  I'll  proclaim  ; 
Thy  bounty  flows,  an  endless  stream  ; 
Thy  mercy  swift  ;  thine  anger  slow, 
But  dreadful  to  the  stubborn  foe. 

4  Thy  works  with  sovereign  glory  shine, 
And  speak  thy  majesty  divine  : 

Let  ."every  realm  with  joy"  proclaim 
The  sound  and  honour  of  thy  name. 

5  Let  distant  time  and  nations  raise 
The  long  succession  of  thy  praise  ; 
And  unborn  ages  make  my  song 
The  joy  and  labour  of  their  tongue. 

6  But  who  can  speak  thy  wonderous  deeds  I 
Thy  greatness  all  our  thoughts  exceeds  ! 
Vast  and  unsearchable  thy  ways  ! 

Vast  and  immortal  be  thy  praise  ! 


PSALM     CXLV.      1st  Part.      C.  M.      ( 

Ver.   1 — 7,   11  — 13.     The  Greatness  of  God, 

LONG  as  I  live,  I'll  bless  thy  name, 
My   King,  my  God  of  love  ; 
My  work  and  joy  shall  be  the  same 
In  the  bright  Avorld  above. 

Great  is  the  Lord,  his  power  unknown., 

And  let  his  praise  be  great  ; 
I'll  sing  the  honours  of  thy  throne, 

Thy  works  of  grace  repeat. 

Thy  grace  shall  dwell  upon  my  tongue.' 

And,  while  my  lips  rejoice, 
The  men,  who  hear  my  sacred  song, 

Shall  join  their  cheerful  vbhfej 


PSALM    CXLV.  267 


4  Fathers  to  sons  shall  teach  thy  name, 

And  children  learn  thy  ways  ; 

Ages  to  come  thy  truth  proclaim, 

And  nations  sound  thy  praise. 

5  Thy  glorious  deeds  of  ancient  date 

Shall  through  the  world  be  known  : 
Thine  arm  of  power,  thy  heavenly  state, 
With  public  splendour  shown. 

5  The  world  is  managed  by  thy  hands  ; 
Thy  saints  are  ruled  by  love  ; 
And  thine  eternal  kingdom  stands, 
Though  rocks  and  hills  remove. 


PSALM     CXLV.      2d  Part.     C.  M. 

Ver.  7,  &c.      The  Goodness  of  God, 

SVEET  is  the  memory  of  thy  grace, 
My  God,  my  heavenly  King  ! 
Let  age  to  age  thy  righteousness 
In  songs  of  glory  sing. 

God  reigns  on  high,  but  ne'er  confines 

His  goodness  to  the  skies  ; 
Through  the  whole  earth  his  bounty  shine 

And  every  want  supplies. 

With  longing  eyes  thy  creatures  wait 

On  thee  for  daily  food  : 
Thy  liberal  hand  provides  their  meat, 

And  fills  their  mouths  with  good. 

How  kind  are  thy  compassions,  Lord  ! 

How  slow  thine  anger  moves  ! 
Beit  soon  he  sends  his  pardoning  word 

To  cheer  the  souls  he  loves. 

Creatures,  with  all  their  endless  race, 
Thy  power  and  praise  proclaim  ; 

But  saints,  who  taste  thy  richer  grace/ 
Delight  to  bless  thy  name. 


PSALM    CXLV.       3d  Part.       C.  M.      (  #  ) 

Ver.  14,  17,  &c.     Mercy  to  Sufferers  ;  or,  God  hearing 

Prayer. 
\  If  ET  every  tongue  thy  goodness  speak ? 
•*"  Thou  sovereign  Lord  cf  all  ; 


268  PSALM     CXLVI. 


Thy  strengthening  hands  uphold  the  weak, 
And  raise  the  poor,  who  fall 

2  When  sorrow  bows  the  spirit  down, 

Or  Virtue  hes  distress'd 
Beneath  some  proud  oppressor's  frown, 
Thou  givest  the  mourners  rest. 

3  The  Lord  supports  our  tottermg  days, 

And  guides  our  giddy  youth  : 
Holy  and  just  are  all  his  ways, 
And  all  his  words  are  truth. 

4  Ke  knows  the  pain  his  servants  feel, 

He  hears  his  children  cry, 
And,  their  best  wishes  to  fulfil,. 
His  grace  is  ever  nigh. 

5  His.  mercy  never  shall  remove 

From  men  of  heart  sincere  : 
He  saves  the  souls,  whose  humble  love 
Is  join'd  with  holy  fear. 

6  (His  stubborn  foes  his  sword  shall  slay, 

And  pierce  their  hearts  with  pain  ; 
But  none,  who  serve  the  Lord  shall  say, 
"They  sought  his  aid  in  vain.") 

7  (My  lips  shall  dwell  upon  his  praise, 

And  spread  his  fame  abroad  : 
Let  all  the  sons  of  Adam  raise 
The  honours  of  their  God.) 


TSALM    CXLVI.    L.  M.  ( 

Praise  to  God  for  his  Goodness  and  Truth. 

1  TpRAISE  ye  the  Lord  ;  my  heart  shall  join 
-1L     iD  work  so  pleasant,  so  divine  ; 

Now  while  the  flesh  is  mine  abode, 
And  when  my  soul  ascends  to  God. 

2  Praise  shall  employ  my  noblest  powers, 
While  immortality  emigres  : 

My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past, 
While  life  and  thought  and  being  last. 

3  Why  should  I  make  a  man  my  trust  ? 
Princes  must  die  and  turn  to  dust  ; 

Their  breath  departs,  their  pomp  and  power, 
And  thoughts  all  vanish  in  an  hour. 


PSALM     CXLVI.  269 

4  Happy  the  man,  whose  hopes  rely 
On  Israel's  God  :  he  made  tlie  sky, 
And  earth,  and  seas,  with  all  their  train  ; 
And  none  shall  find  his  promise  vain. 

5  His  truth  forever  stands  secure  : 

He  saves  th*  oppress'd,  he  feeds  the  poor  ; 
He  sends  the  labouring  conscience  peace, 
And  grams  the  prisoner  sweet  release. 

6  The  Lord  hath  eyes  to  give  the  blind  ; 
The  Lord  supports  the  sinking  mind  ; 
He  helps  the  stranger  in  distress, 
The  widow  and  the  fatherless. 

7  He  loves  his  saints,  he  knows  them  well, 
But  turns  the  wicked  down  to  hell  : 
Thy  God,  O  Z:on,  ever  reigns  ; 

Praise  him  in  everlasting  strains  ! 


PSALM    CXLVI.      L.  P.  M. 

Praise  to  God  for  his  Goodness  and  Truth. 

1  "[I'LL  praise  my  Maker  with  my  breath  j 
■*    And  when  my  voice  is  lost  in  death, 

Praise  shall  employ  my  nobler  powers  : 
My  days  ol  praise  shall  n^'er  be  past, 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  last, 

Or  immortality  endures. 

2  Why  should  I  make  a  man  my  trust  I 
Princes  must  die  and  turn  to  dust  : 

Vain  is  the  help  of  flesh  aud  blood  ; 
Their  breath  departs,  their  pomp  and  power, 
And  thoughts  all  vanish  in  an  hour  ; 

Nor  can  they  make  their  promise  good. 

3  Happy  the  man,  whose  hopes  rely 
On  Israel's  God  :  he  made  the  sky, 

And  earth,  and  seas,  with  ail  their  train  : 
His  truth  forever  stands  secure  : 
He  saves  th'  oppress'd,  he  feeds  the  poor  ; 

And  none  shall  find  his  promise  vain. 

4  The  Lord  hath  eyes  to  give  the  blind  ; 
The  Lord  supports  the  sinking  mind  ; 

He  sends  the  labouring  conscience  peace  ; 
He  helps  the  stranger  m  distress, 
The  widow  and  the  fatherless, 

And  grants  the  prisoner  sweet  release. 
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27*  PSALM     CXLVH. 


5  He  loves  his  saints,  he  knows  them  wel!, 
But  turns  the  wicked  down  to  hell  : 

Thy  God,  O  Zion,  ever  reigns, 
Let  every  tongue,  let  every  age, 
In  this  exalted  work  engage  : 

Praise  him  in  everlasting  strains. 

6  I'll  praise  him  while  he  lends  me  breath, 
And  when  my  vo;c-  is  lost  in  death, 

Praise  shall  employ  my  nobler  powers  : 
Mv  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past, 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  last, 

Or  immortality  endures. 


PSALM     CXLV1I.     1st  Part.     L.  M.     (^ 

The  Divine  Nature,  Providence  and  Grace. 

1  lp)Rx\ISE  ye  the  Lord  :  'tis  good  to  raise 
*     Our  hearts  and  voices  in  his  praise  : 
His  nature  and  his  works  invite 

To  make  this  duty  our  delight. 

2  The  Lord  builds  up  Jerusalem, 
And  gathers  nations  to  his  name  ; 
His  mercy  melts  the  stubborn  soul, 
And  makes  the  bioktn  spirit  whole. 

3  He  form'd  the  stars,  those  heavenly  flames  ; 
He  counts  their  numbers,  calls  their  names  j 
His  wisdom's  vast,  and  knows  no  bound, 

A  deep,  where  all  our  thoughts  are  drown'd 

4  Great  is  our  Lord,  and  great  his  might  ; 
And  all  his  glories  infinite  : 

He  crowns  the  meek,  rewards  the  just, 
\nd  treads  the  wicked  to  the  dust. 
PAUSE. 

5  Smg  to  the  Lord,  exalt  him  high, 

Who  spreads  his  clouds  around  the  sky  ; . 
There  he  prepares  the  fruitful  rair, 
Nor  lets  the  drops  descend  in  vain. 

6  He  makes  the  ^rass  the  hills  adorn, 
And  clothes  the  smiling  fields  with  coror 
The  beasts  with  food  his  hands  supply, 
And  the  young  ravens  when  they  cry. 

7  What  is  the  creature's  skill  or  force  ? 
The  sprightly  man,  the  warlike  horse> 
The  nimble  wit,  the  uctive  limb? 
All  are  too  mean  delights  for  him-. 


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3  But  saints  are  lovely  in  his  sight  * 
Pie  views  his  children  with  delight  : 
He  sees  their  hope,  he  knows  their  fear, 
And  looks  and  loves  his  image  there. 


PSALM     CXLVII.     2d  Part.     L.  M.    (  #  ) 

Summer  and  Winter* 
A  Song  for   America, 
|UR  Land  shall. praise  the  mighty  God> 
And  make  his  honours  known  abroad  ; 
"  For  sweet  the  joy,  our  songs  to  raise, 
"  And  glorious  vs  the  work  of  praise." 

2  Our  children  are  secure  and  bless'd  ; 
Our  shores  have  peace,  our  cities  rest  5 
He  feeds  our  sons  with  finest  wheat* 
And  adds  his  blessing  to  their  meat. 

3  The  changing  seasons  he  ordains. 
The  early  and  the  latter  rains  ; 

His  flakes  of  snow,  like  wool,  he  sends* 
And  thus  the  springing  corn  defends. 

4  With  hoary  frost  he  strews  the  ground  ; 
His  hail  descends  with  clattering  sound  £ 
Where  is  the  man  so  vainly  bold, 
Who  dares  defy  his  dreadful  cold  ? 

5  He  bids  the  southern  breezes  blow  ; 
The  ice  dissolves,  the  waters  flow : 
But  he  hath  nobler  works  and  ways 
To  call  his  people  to  his  praise. 

0  To  all  our  land  his  laws  are  shown  ; 
His  gospel  through  the  nation  known  : 
He  hath  not  thus  reveal'd  his  word 
To  every  land  : — Praise  ye  the  Lord  I 


PSALM     CXLVII.     C.  M.  (  % 

Ver.  7 — 9,  13—18.      The  Seasons  of  the  Year, 

\  T\T\7TTH  songs  and  honours  sounding  loud, 
*  *    Address  the  Lord  on  high  ; 
Over  the  heavens  he  spreads  his  cloud, 
And  waters  veil  the  sky. 

2  He  sends  his  showers  of  blessings  down 
To  cheer  the  plains  below  ; 
He  makes  the  grass  the  mountains  crown 
And  corn  in  v  allies  grow. 


272  PSALM     CXLVIII. 


3  He  gives  tlie  grazing  ox  his  meat ; 

He  hears  trie  raven's  cry  ; 
But  man,  who  tastes  his  finest  wheat, 
Should  raise  his  honours  n:gh. 

4  His  steady  counsels  change  the  face 

Of  the  declining  year  ; 
He  bids  the  sun  cut  short  his  race, 
And  wintery  days  appear. 

5  His  hoary  fros:,  his  fleecy  snow 

Descend  and  clot:ie  tat:  ground  j 
The  liquid  streams  forbear  to  fln>w, 
In  icy  fetters  b;;u:id. 

6  When  from  his  dreadful  stores  on  high 

He  pours  the  rattling  hail, 
The  wretch,  who  dares  this  God  defy, 
Shall  find  Ins  courage  fail. 

7  He  sends  his  word,  and  melts  the  snow; 

The  fields  no  longer  mourn  ; 
He  calls  the   wanner  gales  to  blow, 
And  bids  the  spring  return. 

8  The  changing  wind,  the  flying  cloud 

Obey  his  mighty  \vo:d  : 
With  songs  and  honours  sounding  loud. 
Praise  ye  the  sovereign  Lord. 


PSALM     CXLVIII.     H.  M.  (   * 

Praise  to  God  from  all  Creatures. 

YE  tribes  of  Adam,  join 
With  heaven,  and  earth,  and  seas, 
And  offer  notes  divine 
To  your  Creator's  praise. 
Ye  holy  throng  Of  angels  bright, 

In  worlds  of  light,  ■    Begin  the  song. 

Thou  sun,  with  dazzling  rays, 
And  moon,  which  rules  tire  night, 
Shine  to  your  Maker's  praise, 
With  stars  of  twinkling  light. 
His  power  declare,  Ye  fl  >ods  on  high, 

And  clouds,  which  fly      In  empty  air. 

The  shining  worlds  above 

In  glorious  order  stand, 

Or  in  swift  courses  move 

By  his  supreme  command. 


PSALM     CXLVIII. 


He  spake  the  word,  And  all  their  frame 

From  nothing  came        To  praise  the  Lord. 

i      He  moved  their  mighty  wheels 
In  unknown  ages  past  : 
And  each  nis  word  fulfils 
While  time  and  nature  last. 
In  different  ways  His  works  proclaim 

His  wonderous  name,     And  speak  his  pi  disc, 
PAUSE. 
5       Let  all  the  earth-born  race, 
And  monsters  of  the  deep, 
The  fish,  which  cleave  the  seas, 
Or  in  their  bosom  sleep  ; 
From  sea  and  shore         Their  tribute  pay, 
And  still  display  Their  Maker's  power, 

5       Ye  vapours,  hail,  and  snow, 
Praise  ye  th'  Almighty  Lord, 
And  stormy  winds,  which  blow, 
To  execute  h»s  word. 
When  lightnings  shine,     Or  thunders  roar, 
Let  earth  adore  His  hand  divine. 

7  Ye  mountains  near  the  skies, 
With  iofty  cedars  there, 
And  trees  of  humbler  size, 

Which  fruit  in  plenty  bear ; 
Beasts,  wild  and  tame,    Buds,  flies,  and  worms; 
In  various  forms,  Exalt  his  name. 

8  Ye  kings,  and  judges,  fear 
The  Lord,  the  sovereign  King  ; 
And  while  you  rule  us  here, 
Flis  heavenly  honours  sing. 

Nor  let  the  dream     Of  power  and  state 
Make  you  forget       His  power  supreme. 

9  Virgins,  and  youths,  engage 
To  sound  his  praise  divine, 
While  infancy  and  age 
Their  feebler  voices  join. 

Wide  as  he  reigns     His  name  be  sung 
By  every  tongue        In  endless  strains. 

10  Let  all  the  nations  fear 
The  God,  who  rules  above ; 
He  brings  his  people  near, 
And  makes  them  taste  his  love» 

While  earth  and  sky     Attempt  his  praise, 
His  saints  shall  raise     His  honours  high. 


274  PSALM  CXLVIII. 


PSALM     CXLVIII.     L.  M.  [  *  ] 

Paraphrased.      Universal  Praise  to  God. 
\    T   OUU  hallelujahs  to  the  Lord 
-a-*  From  distant  worlds  where  creatures  dwell  ; 
Let  heaven  begin  the  solemn  word, 
And  sound  it  dreadful  down  to  hell. 

Note.  Add  the  following  lines  to  each  stanza,  if  necessary. 
Each  of  his  works  his  name  disfilay*, 
But  they  can  ne'er  fuljil  his  firaise. 

'3  The  Lord  !  how  absolute  he  reigns  I 
Let  every  angel  bend  the  knee  ; 
Sing  of  his  love  in  heavenly  strains, 
And  speak  how  fierce  his  terrours  be< 

3  High  on  a  throne  his  glories  dwell, 
An  awful  throne  of  shining  bliss  ! 
Fly  through  the  world,  O  sun,  and  tell 
How  dark  thy  beams  compared  to  his. 

4  Awake,  ye  tempests,  and  his  fame 
In  sounds  of  dreadful  praise  dtclare  ; 
And  the  sweet  whisper  of  his  name 
Fill  every  gentler  breeze  of  air. 

5  Let  clouds,  and  winds,  and  waves  agree 
To  join  their  praise  with  blazing  fire  r 
Let  the  firm  earth  and  rolling  sea 

In  this  eternal  song  conspire. 

6  Ye  flowery  plains,  proclaim  his  skill  ; 
Vallies,  lie  low  before  his  eye  ; 

And  let  his  praise  from  every  hill 
Rise  tuneful  to  the  neighbouring  sky, 

7  Ye  stubborn  oaks,  and  stately  pines, 
Bend  your  high  branches,  and  adore  ; 
Praise  him,  ye  beasts,  in  different  strains  :< 
The  lamb  must  bleat,  the  lion  roar. 

8  Birds,,  ye  must  make  his  praise  your  theme  ; 
Nature  demands  a  song  from  you  : 

While  the  dumb  fish,  which  cut  the  stream 
Leap  up  and  mean  his  praise9  too. 

9  Mortals,  can  you  refrain  your  tongue, 
When  nature  all  around  you  sings  ? 
O,  for  a  shout  from  old  and  young, 
From  humble  swains,  and  lofty  kings  *. 


PSALM     CXLVIII.  275 


10  Wide  as  his  vast  dominion  lies, 

Make  the  Creator's  name  be  known  ; 

Loud  as  his  thunder  shout  his  praise., 

And  sound  it  lofty  as  his  throne. 
il  Jehovah  !  'tis  a  glorious  word  ! 

O,  may  it  dwell  on  every  tongue  ! 

But  saints,  who  best  have  known  the  Lord, 

Are  bound  to  raise  the  noblest  song. 
12  Speak  of  the  wonders  of  that  love, 

Which  Gabriel  plays  on  every  chord  : 

From  all  below,  and  all  above, 

Loud  hallelujahs  to  the  Lord. 

t«ji«^*Mgaj»saK  ->e.n  i  i   im*  ■■■■■■!■  vm 

PSALM     CXLVIII.     S.  M.  [*j 

Universal  Praise. 
X       *JT  ET  every  creature  join 
^  ^  To  praise  th'  eternal  God  ; 
Ye  heavenly  hosts,  the  song  begin, 
And  sound  his  name  abroad. 

2  Thou  .an,  with  golden  beams, 
And  moon,  with  paler  rays, 

Ye  starry  lights,  ye  twinkling  flames, 
Shine  to  your  Maker's  praise. 

3  He  built  those  worlds  above, 

And  fix'd  their  wonderous  frame  ; 
By  his  command  they  stand  or  move, 
And  ever  speak  his  name. 

4  Ye  vapours,  when  ye  rise, 

^  Or  fall  in  showers,  or  snow, 
Ye  thunders,  murmuring  round  the  skies; 
His  power  and  glory  show. 

5  Wind,  hail,  and  flashing  fire, 
Agree  to  praise  the  Lord, 

When  ye  in  dreadful  storms  conspire 
To  execute  his  word. 

6  By  all  his  works  above 
His  honours  be  express'd  ; 

But  saints,  who  taste  his  saving  love,- 
Should  sing  his  praises  best. 
PAUSE  I. 

7  Let  earth  and  ocean  know 
They  owe  their  Maker  praise ; 

Praise  him,  ye  watery  worlds  belov:: 
And  monsters  of  the  sea*. 


Cfce  Christian  Do*ol08U« 

-  &  -v.:-  &  — 

L.     M. 

TO  God,  the  Father,  God  the  Son, 
And  God,  the   Spirit,  Three  in  Oite, 
Be  honour,  praise,  and  glory  given, 
By  all  on  earth,  and  all  in  heaven. 

"  C.     JV1. 

LET  God,  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 
And  Spirit,  be  adored, 
Where  there  are  Works  to  make  him  knowr. 
Or  saints,  who  love  the  Lord 

C.    M-      Where  the  tune  includes  tivo  stanziac, 

THE  God  of  mercy  be  adored, 
Who  calls  our  souls  from  death. 
Who  saves  by  his  redeeming  word, 
And  new-creating  breath. 

To  praise  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 

And  Spirit,  all  divine, 
The  one  in  Three,  and  Three  in  One, 
Let  saints  and  angels  join. 


S.     M. 

YE  angels  round  the  throne, 
And  saints,   who  dwell  below. 
Worship  the  Father,  praise  the  Son, 
And  bless  the  Spirit  too. 


L.     P.     M. 

NOW  to  the  great  and  sacred  Three, 
The  Father,  Son,  and  Sipirt,  be 
Eternal  praise  and  glory  given, 
Through  all  the  worlds  where  God  is  known* 
By  all  the  angels  near  the  throne, 

And  ail  the  saints  in  earth  and  heaven. 


II.     M. 

TO  God,  the   Father's  throne 
Perpetual  honours  raise  ; 
Glory    to  God,  the  Son, 
To  God,  the   Spirit,  praise  : 
With  all  our  powers,         Eternal  Kiin^ 
Yhy  name  we  sing£  While  faith  adores. 

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II.  Composed  on    Divine  Subjects. 

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COLLECTED  FROM  THE  HOLY  SCRIPTURES, 


HYMN     I.      C.  M.  ( 

A  new  Song  to  the  Lamb  that  was  slain. 
Rev.  v,  6,  8,  9—12. 

1  TOEHOLD  the  glories  of  the  Lamb 
-D  Amidst  his  Father's  throne : 
Prepare  new  honours  for  his  name? 

And  songs  before  unknown. 

2  Let  elders  worship  at  his  feet, 

The  church  adore  around  ; 
With  vials  full  of  odours  sweet, 
And  harps  of  sweeter  sound. 

3  Those  are  the  prayers  of  the  saints? 

And  these  the  hymns  they  raise  \ 
Jesus  is  kind  to  our  complaints, 
He  loves  to  hear  our  praise. 

4-  (Eternal  Father,  who  shall  look 
Into  thy  secret  will  ? 
Who  but  the  Son  shall  take  that  bqok, 
And  open  every  seal  ? 

5  He  shall  fulfil  thy  great  decrees/. 

The  Son  deserves  it  well  ; 
Lo,  in  his  hand  the  sovereign  keys 
Of  heaven,  and  death,  and  hell !) 

6  Now  to  the  Lamb,  that  once  was  Slain? 

Be  endless  blessings  paid  ; 
Salvation,  glory,  joy,  remain 
Forever  on  tfby  head. 
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HYMN    II,    III,  BooR  , 

*   Thou  hast  redeem'd  our  souls  with  blood, 
Hast  set  the  prisoners  free, 
Hast  made  us  kings  and  priests  to  God, 
And  we  shall  reign  with  thee. 
$  The  worlds  of  nature  and  of  grace 
Are  put  beneath  thy  power  ; 
Then  shorten  these  delaying  days, 
And  bring  the  promised  hour. 


HYMN     II.       L.  M.  [  ^  ] 

The  Deity  and  Humaniry  of  Christ.     John  i.  1,  3,  14, 
Col.  i.  16,  and  Eph.  in.  9,  10, 

1  "[EpRE  the  blue  heavens  were  stretch'd  abroad, 
■**-4  From  everlasting  was  the  Word  : 

With  God  he  was  ;  the  Word  was  God, 
And  must  divinely  be  adored. 

2  By  his  own  power  all  things  were  made  ; 
By  him  supported,  all  things  stand  ; 

He  is  the  whole  creation's  head, 
And  angels  fly  at  his  command. 
3-  Ere  sin  was  born,  or  Satan  fell, 
He  led  the  host  of  morning  stars  ; 
(Thy  generation  who  can  tell, 
Or  count  the  number  of  thy  years  ?) 

4  But  lo,  he  leaves  those  heavenly  forms  ; 
The  Word  descends  and  dwells  in  clay, 
That  he  may  hold  converse  with  worms, 
Dress'd  in  such  feeble  flesh  as  they. 

5  Mortals  with  jo^  beheld  his  face, 
Th'  eternal  Father's  only  Son  ; 

How  full  of  truth  I  how  full  of  grace  ! 
When  through  his  flesh  the  Godhead  shone  \ 

6  Archangels  leave  their  high  abode? 
To  learn  new  mysteries  here,  and  tell 
The  love  of  our  descending  God, 
The  glories  of  Emmanuel. 


HYMN     III,       S.  M.  [  %  ] 

The  Xativity  of  Christ.     Luke  i.  30,   Sec— H.     10,  Jtf. 

1       "OEHOLD,  the  o:race  annears^ 
JL0  The  promise  is  fulfill'd  ; 


Book  I.  HYMN    V. 


Mary,  the  wonderous  virgin,  bears, 
And  Jesus  is  the  child. 

2  [The  Lord,  the  highest  God, 
Calls  him  his  only  Son  ; 

He  bids  him  rule  the  lands  abroad, 
And  gives  him  David's  throne. 

3  O'er  Jacob  shall  he  reign, 
With  a  peculiar  sway  ; 

The  nations  shall  his  grace  obtain, 
His  kingdom  ne'er  decay. , 

4  To  bring  the  glorious  news, 
A  heavenly  form  appears  ; 

He  tells  the  shepherds  of  their  joys') 

And  banishes  their  fears. 
o       "  Go,  hurnbie  swains,"  said  he, 

"  To  David's  city  fly  ; 
u  1  he  promised  infant,  born  to-day, 

ei  Doth  in  a  manger  lie. 

6  "  With  looks  and  hearts  serene, 
"Go  visit   Christ,  your  King  ;" 

And  straight  a  flaming  troop  was  seen  $ 
The  shepherds  heard  them  sing. 

7  u  Glory  to  God  on  high, 

"  And  heavenly  peace  on  earth  ; 
"Good  will  to  men.  to  angels  joy, 
"  At  the  Redeemer's  birth," 

8  fin  worship  so  divine, 

Let  saints  employ  their  tongues'V 
With  the  celestial  hosts  we  join, 
And  loud  repeat  their  songs  : 

9  "  Glory  to  God  on  high, 

"  And  heavenly  peace  on  earth  $ 
"  Good  will  to  men,  to  angels  joy, 
"At  our  Redeemer's  birth."] 


Hymn  4.     Referred  to  the  2d  Psqlrn, 


HYMN     V.       C.  M.  (  & ) 

Submission  to  Jfflittvve  Providences*     Job  I.  21. 

1   VTAKKD  as  from  the  earth  we  camt> 
■^  And  crept  to  life  at  firs*. 


HYMN    VI.  Book  I, 


We  to  the  earth  return  again, 
And  mingle  with  our  dust. 
B  The  dear  delights  we  here  enjoy, 
And  fondly  call  our  own, 
Are  but  snort  favours  borrow'd  now, 
To  be  repaid  anon. 

3  'Tis  God,  who  lifts  our  comforts  high. 

Or  sinks  them  in  the  grave  ; 
He  gives,  and  (blessed  be  his  name  !) 
He  take s  but  what  he  gave. 

4  Peace,  all  our  angry  passions,  then  ; 

Let  each  rebellious  sigh 
Be  s  lent  at  his  sovereign  will, 
And  every  murmur  die 

5  If  smiling  mercy  crown  our  1  ves; 

Its  praises  shall  be  spread  ; 
And  we'll  adore  the  justice  too 

Which  strikes  our  comforts  dead. 


HYMN     VI.       C.  M.  [ 

l^riumjth  over  Death.     Job  xix.  25,  26,  27. 

\    f*%  REAT  God,  I  own  thy  sentence  just, 
^J   \nd  nature  must  decay  ; 
I  yield  my  body  to  the  dust, 

To  dwell  with  fellow-clay. 
ii  Yet  faith  may  triumph  o'er  the  grave? 

And  trample  on  the  tombs  ; 
IMy  Jesus,  my  Redeemer  lives, 

My  God,  my  Saviour  comes. 
The  mighty  Conqueror  shall  appe^v 

Hi^h  on  a  royal  seat, 
And  death,  the  last  of  all  his  foeS, 

Lie  vanquished  at  his  feet. 

4  Though  greedy  worms  devour  my  skifl, 

And  gnaw  my  wasting  flesh, 
When  God  shall  build  my  bones  agaife? 
He'll  clothe  them  all  afresh. 

5  Then  shall  I  see  thy  lovely  face 

With  strong  immortal  eyes, 
And  feast  upon  thy  unknown  gra'fb 
With  pleasure  and  surprise* 


Book  I.  HYMN    VII,    VIII. 


HYMN    VII.      CM.  (  *  ) 

The  Invitation    of  the    Gos/iel ;    ory    Spiritual   Food  and 

Clothing.     Isa.  lv.  i,  2,  kc. 
1  V   ET  every  mortal  ear  attend, 
•*-i  And  every  heart  rejoice  ; 
The  trumpet  of  the  gospel  sounds 
With  an  inviting  voice. 
&  "  Ho  !  all  ye  hungry,  starving  souI$, 
"  Who  feed  upon  the  wind, 
*  And  vainly  strive  with  earthly  toys 
"  To  fill  an  empty  mind  : 

-3  "  Eternal  Wisdom  has  prepared 
"  A  soul-reviving  feast, 
"  And  bids  your  longing  appetites- 
u  The  rich  provision  taste. 

4  u  Ho  !  ye  who  pant  for  living  streams, 
"  And  pine  away,  and  die  ; 
£Here  you  may  quench  your  raging  tlflrst 
u  With  springs  that  never  dry. 
$  «  Rivers  of  love  and  mercy  herea 
a  In  a  rich  ocean  join  ; 
V  Salvation  in  abundance  flows, 
u  Like  floods  of  milk  and  wine? 

6  ("  Ye  perishing  and  naked  poor, 

"  Who  work  with  mighty  pain, 

«  To  weave  a  garment  of  your  own, 

"  Which  will  not  hide  your  sin  ; 

7  "  Come  naked,  and  adorn  your  souI& 

"  In  robes  prepared  by  God, 
ft  Wrought  by  the  labours  of  his  Son* 
M  And  dy'd  in  his  own  blood.'*) 

8  Dear  God  !  the  treasures  of  thy  love 

Are  everlasting  mines, 
Deep  as  our  helpless  miseries  are. 
And  boundless  as  our  sins  ! 

9  The  happy  gates  of  gospel  grace 

Stand  open  night  and  day  ; 
Lord,  we  are  come  to  seek  supplies, 
And  drive  our  wants  away. 


HYMN    VIII.      CM.  [  %] 

The  Safety  and  Protection  of  the  Church,     Isa.  XXVI  1— & 
1  1HF°W  honourable  is  the  ptece, 
**  Where  we  adoring  stand  j 


HYMN     IX.  Book  I, 


Zion,  the  glory  of  the  eartli, 
And  beauty  of  the  land  ! 

2  Bulwarks  of  mighty  grace  defend 

The  city  where  we  dwell  ; 
The  walls,  of  strong  salvation  made, 
Defy  th'  asssults  of  hell. 

3  Lift  up  the  everlasting  gates, 

The  doors  wide  open  fling  ; 
Enter,  ye  nations,  that  obey 
The  statutes  of  our  King. 

4  Here  shall  you  taste  unmingled  joysj 

And  live  in  perfect  peace  ; 
You,  who  have  known    Jehovah's  name'. 

And  ventured  on  his  grace. 
5-  Trust  in  the  Lord,  forever  trust, 

And  banish  all  your  fears  : 
Strength  in  the  Lord,  Jtiiovuh,  dwells;, 

Eternal  as  his  years. 

6  What  though  the  rebels  dwell  on  high* 

His  arm  shall  bring  them  low  ; 
Low  as  the  caverns  of  the  grave 
Their  lofty  heads  shall  bow. 

7  On  Babylon  our  feet  shall  tread 

In  that  rejoicing  hour  ; 
The  ruins  of  her  walls  shall  spread 
A  pavement  for  the  poor. 


HYMN     IX.       C.  x\L  [*or  B] 

The  Promises  of  the  Covenant    of  Grace.     Isa.    lv.    1,  2 
Zech.  xui.  1.     Mic.  vn.  19.      Eaek.  xxxvi.  25,  8*<r. 

1  TTN  vain  we  lavish  out  our  lives, 
*■  To  gather  empty  wind  ; 
The  choicest  blessings  earth  can  yield 
Wdl  starve  a  hungry  mind. 
3  Come,  and  the  Lord  shall  feed  our  soute 
With  more  substantial  meat, 
With  such  as  saints  in  glory  love, 
With  such  as  angels  eat. 
3  Our  God  will  every  want  supply, 
And  fill  our  hearts  with  peace  ; 
He  gives  by  covenant  and  by  oath 
The  riches  »f  his  grace. 


Book  I.  HYMN     X.  * 

A  Come,  and  he'll  cleanse  our  spotted  soulSj 
And  wash  away  our  stains, 
In  the  dear  fountain  that  his  Son 
Pour'd  from  his  dying  veins. 
5  (Our  guilt  shall  vanish  all  away, 
Though  black,  as  hell,  before  ; 
Our  sin  shall  sink  beneath  the  setf, 
And  shall  be  found  no  more. 
4  And  lest  pollution  should  o'erspread 
Our  inward  powers  again, 
His  Spirit  shall  bedew  our  souls, 
Like  purifying  rain.) 
7  Our  heart,  tiiat  flinty,  stubborn  thing, 
That  terrors  cannot  move, 
That  fears  no  threatenings  of  his  wrath* 
Shall  be  dissolved  by  love. 
$  Or  he  can  take  the  flint  away, 
That  would  not  be  refined  ; 
And  from  the  treasures  of  his  grace, 
Bestow  a  softer  mind. 
9  There  shall  his  sacred  Spirit  dwells 
And  deep  engrave  his  law  ; 
And  every  motion  of  our  souls 
To  swift  obedience  draw. 
1©  Then  will  he  pour  salvation  dow», 
And  we  shall  render  praise ; 
We,  the  dear  people  of  his  love* 
And  he,  our  God  of  grace. 

HYMN     X.       S.  M-  (  g  ) 

The  Blessedness  of  Go$/iel    Times ;  or,    the    Revelation     oj 

Chris?  to  Jews  ciid  Gentiles.      Isa.  v.  2,  7 10. 

Matt.  xm.   16,  17. 
[OW  beauteous  are  their  feet. 
Who  stand  on  Zion's  hill  ! 
Who  bring  salvation  on  their  tongues, 
And  words  of  peace  reveal. 
How  charming  is  their  voice  ! 
How  sweet  the  tidings  are  ! 
"  Zion,  behold  thy  Saviour  King, 
"  He  reigns  and  triumphs   here.?5 
How  happy  are  our  ears, 
That  hear  this  joyful  sound, 


H' 


ao HYMN    XL  Boos  J. 


Which  kings  and  prophets  waited  for, 
And  sougnt,  but  never  found ! 

4  How  blessed  are  our  eyes, 
That  see  this  heavenly  light; 

Prophets  and  kings  desired  it  long, 
But  died  without  the  sight ! 

5  The  watchmen  join  their  voice;, 
And  tuneful  notes  employ  ; 

Jerusalem  breaks  forth  in  songy, 
And  deserts  learn  the  joy. 

6  The  Lord    makes  bare  his  arm 
Through  all  the  earth  abroad  : 

Let  every  nation  now  behold 
Their  Saviour  and  their  God. 


HYMN     XL       L.  M.  (  *  ) 

The  Humble  Enlightened,  and  Carnal  Reason  humbled;  or% 
the  Sovereignty  of  Grace.     Luke  x.  21,  22. 

1   *TP 'dERE  was  an  hour  when  Christ  rejoiced* 
*     And  spoke  his  joy  in  words  of  praise  ; 
rt  Father,  1  thank  thee,  mighty  God, 
"  Lord  of  the  earth,  and  heavens,  and  seas. 

2  u  I  thank  thy  sovereign  power  and  love, 

"  Which  crowns  my  doctrine  with  success; 

"And  makes  the  babes  in  knowledge  learn 

«  The  heights,  and  breadths,  and  lengths  of  grace. 

3  "  But  all  th  s  glory  lies  conceal'd 
"From  n  en  of  prudence  and  of  might; 
<*The  prince  of  darkness  bhnds  their  eyes* 
"  And  their  own  pride  resists  the  light. 

4  "  Father,  'tis  thus,  because  thy  will 

<♦  Chose  and  ordain*  d  it  should  be  so  ; 

"  'Tis  tl.y  delight  t'  abase  the  proud, 

"  And  lay  the  haughty  scorner  low, 
6  «  There's  none  can  know  the  Father  right, 

"  But  those  who  learn  it  from  the  Son  ; 

«  Nor  can  the  Son  be  well  received, 

«  But  where  the  Father  makes  him  known? 
6  "  Then  let  our  souls  adore  our  God, 

"  \\  ho  deals  his  graces  as  he  please  ; 

«f  Nor  gives  to  mortals  in  account 

(C  Or  ©f  his  actions,  or  decrees*" 


Book  I.  HYMN     XII,     XIII.  1  \ 


HYMN     XII      C.  M.  (  b  ) 

Free  Grace  in  revealing  Christ.     Luke  x«  21. 

1  TTESUS.  the  man  of  constant  griefj 
*V  A  mourner  all  his  days  ; 

His  spirit  once  rejoiced  aloud, 
And  turn'd  his  joy  to  praise. 

2  «  Father,  I  thank  thy  wonderous  love, 

<l  Which  has  reveal'd  thy  Son 

"  To  men  unlearned  ;  and  to  babes 

"  Has  made  the  gospel  known. 

3  "  The  mysteries  of  redeeming  grace 

"  Are   hidden  from  the  wise  ; 
"  While  pride  and  carnal  reasonings  join 
"  To  swell  and  blind  their  eyes." 

4  Thus  doth  the  Lord  of  heaven  and  earth 

His  great  decrees  fulfil, 
And  orders  all  his  works  of  grace, 
By  his  own  sovereign  will. 


HYMN     XIII.       L.  M;  (  %  ) 

The  Son  of  God  incarnate  ;  or,  the  Titles  and   Kingdom   of 
Christ.     Isa  ix.  2,  6,  7. 

1  PTpHE  lands,  which  long  in  darkness  lay, 

■«•    Now  have  beheld  a  heavenly*  light ; 
Nations,  which  sat  in  death's  cold  shade, 
Are  biess'd  with  beams  divinely  bright. 

2  The  virgin's  promised  Son  is  born  ; 
Behold  th'  expected  Child  appear: 
What  shall  his  name  or  titles  be  ? 
The    Wonderful,  the  Counsellor. 

3  [  This  Infant  is  the  mighty  God, 
Come  to  be   sMckled  and  adored  ; 
Th*  eternal  Father,  Prince  of  Peace, 
The  Son  of  David  and  his  Lord.] 

4  The  government  of  earth  and  seas 
Upon  his  shoulders  shall  be  laid  ; 
His  wide  dominions  shall  increase, 
And  honours  to  his  name  be  paid. 

5  Jesus,  the  holy  child,  shall  sit 
High  on  his  Father-David's  throne, 
Shall  crush  his  foes  beneath  his  feet, 
And  reign  to  ages  yet  unknown. 

B.  i.  B 


u  HYMN    XIV,    XV.  Book  I. 


HYMN     XIV.       L.  M.  [~^T] 

The  Trium/ih  of Faith ;    or,    Christ's   unchangeable    Love: 

Rom.  vin.  33,  Sec. 
y  TTTCTHO  shall  the  Lord's  elect  condemn  ? 
v  v    *Tis  God  who  justifies  their  souls  ; 
And  mercy,  like  a  mighty  stream, 
O'er  all  their  sins  divinely  rolls. 

2  Who  shall  adjudge  the  saints  to  hell  ? 
'Tis  Christ,  who  sufler'd  in  their  stead  j 
And  the  salvation  to  fulfil, 

Behold  him  rising  from  the  dead. 

3  He  lives  !   he  lives  !  and  sits  above, 
Tor  ever  interceding  there  : 
Who  shall  divide  us  from  his  love, 
Or  what  should  tempt  us  to  despair? 

4  'Shall  persecution,  or  distress, 
Famine,  or  sword,  or  nakedness  ? 

He  who  hath  loved  us,  bears  us  through, 
And  makes  us  more  than  conquerors  too* 

5  Faith  hath  an  overcoming  power  ; 
It  triumphs  in  the  dying  hour  :  a- 
Christ  is  our  life,  our  joy,  our  hope, 
Nor  can  we  sink  with  such  a  prop. 

6  Not  all  that  men  on  earth  can  do, 

Nor  powers  on  high,  nor  powers  below, 

Shall  cause  his  mercy  to  remove, 

Or  wean  our  hearts  from  Christ,  our  love. 


HYMN     XV.      L.  M.  (  %  or  5  ) 

Our  own  Weakness  ;  or  Christ  our  Strength. 
2  Cor.  xii.  7,  9,  10. 
1   ]T  ET  me  but  hear  my  Saviour  say, 

J*-4  "  Strength  shall  be  equal  to  thy  day  ;" 

Then  I  rejoice  in  deep  distress, 

Leaning  on  all-sufficient  grace. 
9  I  glory  in  infirmity, 

That  Christ's  own  power  may  rest  on  me ; 

When  I  am  weak,  then  am  I  strong, 

Grace  is  my  shield,  and  Christ  my  song. 
$■  I  can  do  all  things,  or  can  bear 

All  sufferings,  if  my  Lord  be  there  ; 

Sweet  pleasures  mingle  with  the  pains* 

While  his  left  hand  mv  head  sustains* 


Book  I.  HYMN     XVI,     XVII. 


4  But  if  the  Lord  be  once  withdrawn, 
Ana  we  attempt  the  work  alone, 
When  new  temptations  spring  and  rise, 
We  find  how  great  our  weakness  is. 

5  So  Sampson,  when  his  hair  was  lost, 
Met  the  Philistines  to  his  cost  ; 
Shook  his  vain  limbs  with  sad  surprise, 
Made  feeble  fight,  and  lost  his  eyes. 


HYMN     XVI.      C.  M.  (  &  ) 

Hosanna  to  Christ.     Matt,  xxi,  9.     Luke  xix.  38,-40; 

1  "OOS'ANNA  to  the  royal  Son 
■*ii-  Of  David's  ancient  line  I 
His  natures  two,  his  person  one, 

Mysterious  and  divine. 

2  The  root  of  David  here  we  find, 

And  offspring  is  the  same  ; 
Eternity  and  time  are  join'd 
In    our  Emmanuel's  name. 

3  BlessM  he,  who  comes  to   wretched  men 

With  peaceful  news  from  heaven  ! 
Hosannas,  of  the  highest  strain, 
To  Christ,  the  Lord,  be  given  ! 

4  Let  mortals  ne'er  refuse  to  take 

Th'  Hosanna  on  their  tongues, 
Lest  rocks  and  stones  should  raise,  and  break 
Their  silence  into  songs. 


HYMN     XVII.       C.  M.  (  %  ) 

Victory  over  Death.     1  Cor.  xv,  55,  &c. 
FOR  an  overcoming  faith 
To  cheer  my  dying  hours, 
To  triumph  o'er  the  monster,  death, 

And  all  his  frightful  powers. 
Joyful,  with  all  the  strength  I  have, 

My  -quivering  lips  should  sing, 
w  Where  is  thy  boasted  victory,  grave  ? 

"  And  where  the  monster's  sting  ?" 
If  sin  be  pardon'd,  I'm  secure  j 

Death  has  no  sting  beside  : 
The  law  gives  sin  its  damning  power  ; 
But  Christ,  my  ransom,  died. 


14 HYMN    XVIII,    XIX.  Book  I. 


4   Now  to  the  God  of  victory- 
Immortal  tiianks  be  paid, 
Who  makes  us  conquerors  while  we  die. 
Through  Christ,  our  living  head. 

HYMN     XVIII.       CM.  (  b  ) 

Blessed  are  the  Dead,  who  Die  in  the  Lord,    Rev.  xiv.  13 

1  !FirEAR  what  the  voice  from  heaven  proclaims 
^-^  For  all  the   pious  dead  ; 

Sweet  is  the  savour  of  their  names, 

And  soft  their  sleeping  bed. 

2  They  die  in  Jesus,  and  are  bless'd  ; 

How  kind  their  slumbers  are  ! 
From  sufferings  and  from  sins  released, 
And  freed  from  every  snare. 

3  Far  from  this  world  of  toil  and  strife, 

They're  present  with  the  Lord  > 
The  labours  of  their  mortal  life 
End  in  a  large  reward. 


hymn  xix.    cm.  (  my 

The  Sg??£  of  Simeon;  or,  Death  made  Desirable. 
Luke  ii.  27,  Sec. 
\  "T  ORD,  at  thy  temple  we  appear, 
•*A  As  happy  Simeon  came, 
And  hope  to  meet  our  Saviour  here  ; 
O,  make  our  joys  the  same  ! 
2   With  what  divine  and  vast  delight 
The  good  old  mnn  was  fill'd, 
When  fondly  in  his  wither'd  arras  - 
He  clasp'd  the  holy  child  ! 

3  "  Now  I  can  leave  this  world,  he  cried, 

11  Behold,  thy  servant  dies  ! 
"  I've  seen  thy  great  salvation,  Lord, 
"  And  close  my  peaceful  eyes. 

4  »  This  is  the  light  prepared  to  shine 

"  Upon  the  Gentile  lands, 
"  Thine  Israel's  glory,  and  their  hope, 
"  To  break  their  slavish  bands. n 
j  (  Jesus,    the  vision  of  thy  face 
Hath  overpowering  charms  ! 
Scarce  shall  I  fee)  death's  cold  embrace, 
If  Christ  be  in  my  arms. 


Book  I.  HYMN     XX,     XXI.  15 


6  Then  while  ye  hear  my  heart-strings  break. 
How  sweet  my  minutes  roll  1 
A  mortal  paleness  on  my  cheek, 
And  glory  in  my   soul  t) 


HYMN     XX.     CM.  (  *  ) 

Spiritual  Afifiarel,  viz.  the  Robe  of  Righteous?ies8i  and  Gai'- 
ments  of  Salvation.     Isa.  lxi.  10, 

1  A  WAKE  my  heart,  arise  my  tongue, 
*\  Prepare  a  tuneful  voice  ; 

In  God,  the  life  of  all  my  joys, 
Aloud  will  I  rejoice. 

2  'Tis  he  adorn'd  my  naked  soul, 

And  made  salvation  mine  ; 
Upon  a  poor,  polluted  worm 
He  makes  his  graces  shine. 

3  And  lest  the  shadow  of  a  spot 

Should  on  my  soul  be  found, 
He  took  the  robe  the  Saviour  wrought. 
And  cast  it  all  around. 

4  How  far  the  heavenly  robe  exceeds 

What  earthly  princes  wear  ! 
These  ornaments,  how  bright  they  shine  I 
How  white  the  garments  are  I 

5  The  Spirit  wrought  my  faith,  and  love, 

And  hope,  and  every  grace  ; 
But  Jesus  spent  his  life  to  work 
The  rob*  of  righteousness. 

6  Strangely,  my  soul,  art  thou  array'd 

By  the  great  sacred  Three  I 
In  sweetest  harmony  of  praise 
Let  all  thy  power's  agree. 


HYMN     XXI.     C.  M.  (  * 

A  Vision  of  the  Kingdom  of  Chris?1  among  Men, 
Rev.   xxi.  i — 4. 

1  Y    O,  what  a  glorious  sight  appears 
■*-*   To  our  believing  eyes  ! 

The  earth  and  seas  are  pass'd  away, 
And  the  old  rolling  skies. 

2  From  the  third  heaven,  where  God  resides, 

That  holy,  happy  place, 
Book  I.  B  2 


1* HYMN     XXIV.  Book  I. 


The  New  Jerusalem  comes  down, 

Adorn'd  with  shining  grace. 
Attending  angels  shout  for  joy, 

And  the  bright  armies  sing, 
•'  Mortals,  behold  the  sacred  seat 

"  Of  your  descending  King  ! 
{i  The  God  of  glory  down  to  men 

"  Removes  his  biess'd  abode  ; 
"  Men,  the  dear  objects  of  his  grace, 

«'  And  he  the  loving  God. 
«  His  own  soft  hand  shall  wipe  the  tears 

"  From  every  weeping  eye  ; 
11  And  pains,  and  groans,  and  griefs,  and  fearS, 

"  And  death  itself  shall  die." 
How  long,  dear  Saviour,  O,  how  long  I 

Shall  this  bright  hour  delay  ? 
Fly  swiftly  round,  ye  wheels   of  time, 

And  bring  the  welcome  day. 

ffymnt  22  and  23.     Referred  to  the  125fA  Psalnt. 


HYMN     XXIV.      L.  M.  (  b  ) 

The  Rich  Sinner  dying.     Psal.  xlix.  6,  9.     Eccl.  vm.    C% 
Job  in.  14,  15. 

1  TTN  vain  the  wealthy  mortals  toil, 

■^  And  heap  their  shining  dust  in  vain  ; 
Look  down  and  scorn  the  humble  poor, 
And  boast  their  lofty  hills  of  gam. 

2  Their  golden  cordials  cannot  ease 
Their  pained  hearts  or  aching  heads, 
Nor  fright,  nor  bribe  approaching  death 
From  glittering  roofs  and  downy  beds. 

3  The  lingering,  the  unwilling  soul. 
The  dismal  summons  must  obey, 
And  bid  a  long,  a  sad  farewel, 
To  the  pale  lump  of  lifeless  clay. 

4  Thence  they  are  huddl'd  to  the  grave, 
Where  kings  and  slaves  have  equal  thrones  ; 
Their  bones  without  distinction  he 
Among  the  heap  of  meaner  bones. 


The  rest  referred  to  the  49//;  Pealw. 


Book  I-  HXMN     XXV.  19 


HYMN     XXV.      L.  M.  (  %  ) 

A  Vision  of  the  Lamb.      Rev.  v.  6—9. 

1  A  LL  mortal  vanities  be  gone, 

•"■  Nor  tempt  my  eyes,  nor  tire  my  ears  ; 
Behold,  amidst  th'  eternal  throne 
A  vision  of  the  Lamb  appears. 

2  [  Glory  his  fleecy  robe  adorns, 
Mark'd  with  the  bloody  death  he  bore ; 
Seven  are  his  eyes,  and  seven  his  horns, 
To  speak  his  wisdom  and  his  power. 

S  Lo,  he  receives  a  sealed  book 

From  him,  who  sits  upon  the  throne ; 

Jesus,  my  Lord,  prevails  to  look 

On  dark  decrees  and  things  unknown.] 

4  All  the  assembling  saints  around 
Fall  worshipping  before  the  Lamb, 
And  in  new  songs  of  gospel  sound 
Address  their  honours  to  his  name. 

5  (The  joy,  the  shout,  the  harmony 
Flies  o'er  the  everlasting  hills  ; 

*'  Worthy  art  thou  alone,"  they  cry, 
f  To  read  the  book,  to  loose  the  seals.") 
-6  Our  voices  join  the  heavenly  strain, 
And  with  transporting  pleasure  sing, 
u  Worthy  the  Lamb  that  once  was  slain, 
To  be  our  teacher  and  our  king  !" 

7  His  words  of  prophecy  reveal 
Eternal  councils,  deep  designs  : 
His  grace  and  vengeance  shall  fulfil 
The  peaceful  and  the  dreadful  lines  c 

8  Thou  hast  redeem'd  our  souls  from  hell 
With  thine  invaluable  blood  ; 

And  wretches,  who  *did  once  rebel, 
Are  now  made  fav'rites  of  their  God. 

9  Worthy  forever  is  the  Lord, 
Who  died  for  treasons  not  his  own, 
By  every  tongue  to  be  adored, 
And  dwell  upon  his  Father's  throne. 


18      HYMM     XXVI,     XXVII.  Book  I. 

HYMN     XXV|T~c7m  ~~{  *T 

Hope  of  Heaven  by  the  Resurrection  of  Christ. 
1   Pet.  i.  3—5. 
i  "O  LESS'D  be  the  everlasting  God, 
JD)   rhe  Father  of  out'  Lord; 
B"  his  abounding  mercy  praised, 
His  majesty  adored. 

2  When  from  the  dead  he  raised  his  Son, 

And  callM  him  to  the  sky, 
He  gave  our  souls  a  lively  hope, 
That  they  should  never  die. 

3  What  though  our  inbred  sins  require 

Our  flesh  to  see  the  dust, 
Yet  as  the  Lord,  our   Saviour  rose, 
So  all  his  followers  must. 

4  There's  an  inheritance  divine 

Reserved  against  that  day  ; 
'Tis  uncorrupted,  undefiled, 
And  cannot  fade  away. 

5  Saints  by  the  power  of  God  are  kept, 

Till  the  salvation  come  ; 
We  walk  by  faith,  as  strangers  here, 
Tiil  Christ  shall  call  us  home. 


HYMN     XXVII.       CM.  (   fc,   ) 

A&urance  of  Heaven  ;  or,  a  Saint  firefiared  to  Die . 

2  Tim.  iv.  6.  7,    8,  18. 
(jT^EATH  may  dissolve  rny  body  now, 
*~P  And  bear  my  spirit  home  ; 
Why  do  my  minutes  move  so  slow, 

Nor  my  salvation  come  ? 
With  heavenly  weapons  I  have  fought 

The  battles  of  the  Lord, 
Finish'd  my  course,  and  kept  the  faith, 

And  wait  the  sure  reward.) 
God  has  laid  up  in  heaven  fpr  me 

A  crown,  which  cannot  fade  ; 
The  righteous  judge,  at  that  great  day, 

Shall  place  it  on  my  head. 
Nor  hath  the  King  of  Grace  decreed 
This  pnzw  fo;1  me  alone  j 


Book  I.  HYMN     XXVIII,     XXIX.  19 


But  all  who  love  and  long  to  see 
Th'  appearance  of  his  Son. 

5  Jesus,  the  Lord,  shall  guard  me  safe 

From  every  ill  design  : 
And  to  his  heavenly  kingdom  take. 
This  feeble  soul  of  mine. 

6  God  is  my  everlasting  aid, 

And  hell  shall  ra^e  in  vain  ; 

To  him  be  highest  glory  paid, 

And  endless  praise.     Amen. 


HYMN     XXVIII.      C.  M.  f  %  ] 

The  Triiunfih  of  Chris?  >vcr  the  Enemies  of  the  Church, 
Isa.  lxiii.  1,  2,  3.  8cc. 

1  'OT'ilAT  mighty  man,  or  mighty  God> 

■  *    Comes  travelling  in  state 
Along  the  Idumean  road. 
Away  from  Bozrah's  gate  ! 

2  The  glory  of  his  robes  proclaims 

'Tis  some  victorious  king  : 
"Tis  I,  the  just,  th'  Almighty  One, 
"  Who  your  salvation  bring." 

3  Why,  mighty  Lord,  thy  saints  inquire. 

Why  thine  apparel  red  ? 
And  all  thy  vesture  stain'd,  like  those, 
Who  in  the  Wine-press  tread  ? 

4  "  I,  by  myself,  have  trod  the  press, 

li  And  crush'd  my  foes  alone  ; 
"  My  wrath  has  struck  the  rebels  dead, 
"My  fury  stamp' d  them  down. 

5  "'Tis  EdonVs  blood  that  dyes  my  robes 

"  With  joyful  scarlet  stains  ; 
"  Thi  triumph  that  my  raiment  wears 
"Sprung  from  their  bleeding  veins.. 

6  "  Thus  shall  the  nations  be  destroy'd 

"  That  dare  insult  my  saints  ; 
"  I  have  an  arm  t'  avenge  their  wrongs, 
"  An  ear  for  their  complaints." 


HYMN     XXIX,      CM.  [  »  j 

The  second  Part  ;  or  the  Ruin  of  Antichrist .  Isa.  lxiii  4--7 
i  "T  LIFT  my  banner,"  saith  the  Lord, 
*  "  Where  Antichrist  has  stood  i 


HYMN     XXX>  Book  I, 


"  The  city  of  my  gospel  foes 
"Shall  be  a  field  of  blood. 

2  "  My  heart  lias  studied  just  revenge, 

"  And  now  the  day  appears  ; 
m  The  day  of  my  redeem'd  is  come  , 
"  To  wipe  away  their  tears. 

3  "  Quite  weary  is  my  patience  grown, 

M  And  bids  my  fury  go  : 
"  Swift  as  the  lightning  it  shall    move, 
"  And  be  as  fatal  too. 
4,  "  I  call  for  helpers,  but  in  vain : 
"  Then,  has  my    gospel  none  ? 
"  Well,  mine  own  arm  has  might  enough 
"  To  crush   my  foes  alone. 

5  "  Slaughter  and  my  devouring  sword  • 

"  Shall  walk  the  streets  around  ; 

"Babel  shall  reel  beneath  my  stroke, 

"  And  stagger  to  the  ground." 

6  Thine  honours,  O,  victorious   King, 

Thine  own  right  hand  shall  raise, 
While  we  thine  awful  vengeance  sing, 
And  our  Deliverer  praise. 


HYMN     XXX.      L.  M.  [  *  ] 

Prayer  for  Deliverance  answered.     Isa.  xxvi.  8— 2p. 

IN  thine  own  ways,  O  God  oi  love, 
We  wait  the  visits  of  thy  grace  ; 
Our  soula*  desire  is  to  thy  na:ne, 
And  the  remembrance  of  thy  face. 
My  thoughts  are  searching,  Lord,  for  thee, 
'Mongst  the  black  shades  of  lonesome  night  ; 
My  earnest  cries  salute  the  skies 
Before  the  dawn  restores  the  light. 
Look,  how  rebellious   men  deride 
The  tender  patience  of  my  God  ; 
But  they  shall  see  thy  lifted  hand, 
And  feel  the  scourges  of  thy  rod. 
Hark  !  the  Eternal  rends  the  sky, 
A  mighty  voice  before  him  goes  ; 
A  voice  of  music  to  his  friends, 
But  threatening  thunder  to  his  foes. 


Sook  I.  HYMN    XXII.    XXXIX.  23 

j » 

5  "Come,  children,  to  your  Father's  arms, 

"  Hide  in  the  chambers  of  my  grace, 

"Till  the  fierce  storms  be  overblown, 

"  And  my  revenging  fury  cease. 
-6  "  My  sword  shall  boast  its  thousands  slain, 

"  And  drink  the  blood  of  haughty  kings, 
•  #  While  heavenly  peace  around  my  Hock 

"  Stretches  its  soft  and  downy  wings." 

Hymn  31.     Referred  to  the  1st  Psalm. 


HYMN     XXXII.      C.  M.  f  %  ] 

Strength  from  Heaven.     Isa.  xl,  27 30. 

i    \X  7  HENCE  do  our  mournful  thoughts  arise  ? 
VV     And  where's  our  courage  fled  ? 
Has  restless  sin,  and  raging  hell 
Struck  all  our  comforts  dead  ? 

S  Have  we  forgot  th'  Almighty  Name, 
That  form'd  the  earth  and  sea  ? 
And  can  an  all-creating  arm 
Grow  weary,  or  decay  ? 

3  Treasures  of  everlasting  might 
In  our  Jehovah  dwell ; 
He  gives  the  conquest  to  the  weak, 
And  treads  their  foes  to  hell. 
*4  Mere  mortal  power  shall  fade  and  die-, 
And  youthful  vigour  cease  ; 
But  we,  who  wait  upon  the  Lord, 
Shall  feel  our  strength  increase. 
5  The  saints  shall  mount  on  eagles'  wings* 
And  taste  the  promised  bliss* 
Till  their  unwearied  feet  arrive 
Where  perfect  pleasure  is. 


Hymns  33,  34,  35,  36,  37,  38.       Referred  to  Psalms   13  J, 
134,  67,  73,  90,  and  84. 


HYMN     XXXIX.     C.     M.  (  *  ) 

Cod's  tender  Care  of  his  Church.     Isa.  xlix.  13,   14.  Sec. 
1  T^TOW  shall  my  inward  joys  arise, 

-*-^    And  burst  into  a  song  ; 

Almighty  love  inspires  my  heart, 
And.  pleasure  tunes  my  tongue.. 


HYMN     XL.  Book  I. 


9 


God  on  his  thirsty    Sior.-Hill 
Some  mercy  cirop^  has  thrown, 

And  solemn  oaths  have  bound  his  love 
To  shower  salvation  down. 

S   Why  do  we  then  indulge  our  fears, 
Suspicion  ami  complaints  ? 
Is  he  a  God.  ami  s/.a!l   his  grace 
Grow  weary  o!  ins  saints  I 

4  Can  a  kind  woman  e'er  forget 

The  infant  ot  her  womb, 
And  mongst  a  thousand  tender  thoughts 
Her  suckling  have  no  room   ? 

5  "  Yet,  saith  the  Lord- should  nature  change, 

"  And  mothers  monsters  prove, 
u  Sion  still  dwells  upon  the  heart 
u  Of  everlasting  love. 
G  w  Deep  on  the  palms  of  both  my  hands 
"  I  have  engraved  her  n^me  ; 
"  My  hand  si  all  raise  her  ruin'd  walls, 
"  And  build  her  broken  frame." 


HYMN     XL      L      M.  (  *  ) 

The  Business  and  Blessedness  of  glorijied  Saints. 
Rev.  Vii     |3,  14,  15,  &c. 

\  "THTHAT  happy  men,  or  angels,  these, 

^  *     tk  That  ail  their  robes  are  spotless  white  ? 
rt  Whence  did  this  glorious  troop  arrive 
u  At  the  pure  realms  of  heavenly  light  f" 

2  From  loitering  racks  and  burning  fires, 
And  seas  of  their  own  blood  they  came  ; 
But  nobler  blood  has  wash'd  their  robes, 
Flowing  from  Christ,  their  dying  Lamb. 

«3   Now  they  approach  th'  Almighty  Throne 
With  loud  hosannas  night  at^d  day  ; 
Sweet  anthems  to  the  great  Three*Onc 
Measure  their  bless'd  eternity. 

4  No  more  shall  hunger  pain  their  souls  ; 
He  bids  their  parching  thirst  be  gone, 
And  spreads  the  shadow  of  his  wings, 
To  screen  them  from  the  scorching  bun. 

5  The  Lamb,  that  fnls  the  m  ddle  throne, 
Shall  shed  around  his  milder  beams  ; 


Book  T.  HYMN     XLI,     XLH.  %y 


There  shall  they  feast  on  lis  rich  love, 
And  drink  full  joys  from  living  streams. 
r6  Thus  shall  their  mighty  bliss  renew 

Through  the  vast  round  of  endless  years; 

And  the  soft  hand  of  sovereign  grace 

Heals  all  their  wounds,  and  wipes  their  tears. 


HYMN     XLI.       CM.  [  *  j 

The  same;  or,  the  Martyrs  glcrijicd.     Rev.  vu.  13,  Sec 

1   "PlpHESE  glorious  minds,  how  bright  they  shine/* 
•"■    «  Whence  all  the.r  white  array  ? 
li  How  came  they  to  the  happy  seats 
"  Of  everlasting  clay  ?" 
•2  From  torturing  pains  to  endless  joys, 
On  fiery  wheels  they  rode, 
And  strangely  wash'd  their  raiment  white 
In  Jesus'  dying  blood. 

3  Now  they  approach  a  spotless  God, 

And  bow  before  his  throne; 
Their  warbling  harps  and  sacred  songs 
Adore  the  Holy  One. 

4  The  unveil'd  glories  of  his  face 

Among  his  saints  reside, 
While  the  rich  treasure  of  his  grace 

Sees  all  their  wants  supplied. 
5'  Tormenting;  thirst  shall  leave  their  souls. 

And  hunger  flee  as  fast ; 
The  fruit  of  life's  immortal  tree 

Shall  be  their  sweet  repast. 
6  The  Lamb  shall  lead  his  heavenly  flock 

Where  living  fountains  rise  ; 
And  love  divme  shaft  wipe  away 

The  sorrows  of  their  eyes. 

HYMN     XLI  I.       C.  M.  [  b  1 

Divine  Wrath  'and  Mercy  ;  from  Nahum  I.  1,  &c. 
I     K  DORE  and  tremble,  for  our  God 
■**-  Is  a  consumi.gjiie  ;* 

*  Heb,  xii.  29, 
B    r  C 


U  HYMN     XLV.  Book  I. 


His  jealous  eyes  his  wrath  inflame, 
And  raise  his  vengeance  higher. 

2  Almighty  vengeance,  how  it  burns  ! 

How  bright  l^s  fury  glows  ! 
Vast  magazines  of  plagues  and  storms 
Lie  treasured  for  his  foes. 

3  Those  heaps  of  wrath,  by  slow  degrees, 

Are  forced  into  a  flame  ; 
But  kindled,  Oh  !  how  fierce  they  blaze  I 
And  rend  all  nature's  frame. 

4  At  ais  approach  the  mountains  flee, 

And  seek  a  watery  grave  ; 
The  frighted  sea  makes  haste  away, 

And  shrinks  up  every  wave. 
5  Through  the  wide  air  the  weighty  rocks 

Are  swift,  as  hail-stones,  hurl'd  : 
Who  dares  engage  his  fiery  rage, 

That  shakes  the  solid  world  ? 

6  Yet,  mighty  God  !  thy  sovereign  grace 

Sits  regent  on  the  throne, 
The  refuge  of  thy  chosen  race, 

When  wrath  comes  rushing  down. 

7  Thy  hand  shall  on  rebellious  kings 

A  fiery  tempest  pour, 
While  we,  beneath  thy  sheltering  wings, 
Thy  just  revenge  adore. 


Hymns  43,  44.     Referred  to  Psalms  100,  133. 


HYMN     XLV.     CM.  [  *  J 

The  last  Judgment.     Rev.  xxi.  5 — 8. 

1  CJl'^E  where  the  great  incarnate  God 
^  Fills  a  majestic  throne, 

While  from  the  skies  his  awful  voice 
Bears  the  last  judgment  down. 

2  («  I  am  the  first,  and  I  the  last, 

"  Through  endless  years  the  same  ; 
"  I  AM,  is  my  memorial  still, 
"  And  my  eternal  name. 

3  rr  Such  favours  as  a  God  can  give, 

"  My  royal  grace  bestows  ; 
"  Ye  thirsty  souls,  come,  taste  the  streams 
"  Wheie  life  and  pleasure  flows.) 


Book  I.  HYMN     XLVIII.  %& 


4  («■  The  saint,  who  triumphs  o'er  his  sins, 
"  I'll  own  hi  in  for  a  son  ; 
"  The  whole  creation  shall  reward 
"  The  conquests  he  has  won. 
5  "  But  bloody  hands,  and  hearts  unclean, 
"  And  all  the  lying  race, 
11  The  faithless  and  the  scoffing  crew, 
"  That  spurn  at  offer'd  grace  ; 

6  "  They  shall  be  taken  from  my  sight, 

iL  Bound  fast  in  iron  chains, 
"  And  headlong  plung'd  into  the  lake 
n  Where  fire  and  darkness  reigns.") 

7  O,  may  I  stand  before  the  Lamb 

When  earth  and  seas  are  lied  i 
And  hear  the  Judge  pronounce  my  name, 
With  blessings  on  my  head. 

8  May  I  with  those  forever  dwell, 

Who  here  were  my  delight, 
While  sinners,  banish'd  down  to  hell, 
No  more  offend  my  sight. 


Hymns  46,  47.     Referred  to  Psalms  148,  and  3. 

HYMN     XLVIII.       L>M.  (  %  ) 

The  Christian  Race.     Isa.  xl.  28 31. 

1  A  WAKE,  our  souls,  ( away  our  fears, 
-»  Let  every  trembling  thought  be  gone  !) 
Awake,  and  run  the  heavenly  race, 

And  put  a  cheerful  courage  on. 

2  True,  'tis  a  strait  and  thorny  road, 
And  mortal  spirits  tire  and  faint ; 
But  they  forget  the  mighty  God, 
Who  feeds  the  strength  of  every  saint. 

3  The  migh'y  God,  whose  matchless  power, 
Is  ever  new  and  evei*  young, 

And  firm  endures,  while  endless  years 
Their  everlasting  circles  run. 

4  From  thee,  the  overflowing  spring, 
Our  souls  shall  drink  a  fresh  supply, 
While  such  as  trust  their  native  strength 
Shall  melt  away,  and  droop,  and  die. 

5  Swift  as  an  eagle  cuts  the  air, 
We'll  mount  aloft  to  thine  abode  ; 


HYMN     XLIX,     L.  Book  I. 


On  wings  of  Love  our  souls  shall  fly, 
Nor  tire  amidst  the  heavenly  road. 


HYMN     XL1X.      C.  M.  (  *  ) 

The  IVurki  of  M'.ses  and the  Lamb.     Rev.  xv.  3. 

1  TJJiOW  strong  thine  arm  is,  mighty  God  ! 
■»•»  Who  would  not  fear  thy  name  ? 
JeSUS,  Low  sweet  thy  graces  are  I 

Who  would  not  love  the  Lamb  ? 

2  He  has  done  more  than  Moses  did, 

Ollr  Prophet  and  our  K:ng  ; 
Prom  bonds  of  hel!  he  fretd  our  souls, 
And  taught  our  lips  to  sing. 

3  In  the  Red  Sea,  by  Moses*  hand, 

TV  Egyptian  host  was  drown'd  ; 
But  his  own  blood  hides  all  our  sins, 
And  guilt  no  more  is  found. 

4  When  through  the  desert  Israel  went, 

With  maun  a  they  were  fed  ; 
Our  Lord  inv.tes  us  to  his  flesh, 
And  calL  it  hving  bread. 

5  Moses  beheld  the  promised  land, 

Y'et  never  reac^d  the  place  ; 
But  Christ  shall  bring  his  followers  home, 
To  see  his  Fathers  Lee. 

6  Then  will  our  love  and  joy  be  full, 

And  feel  a  warmer  flame, 
And  sweeter  voices  tune  the  song 
Of  Moses  and  the  Lamb. 


HYMN     L.       C.  M.  (  *  ) 

The  Song  of  Zacharic:-,  and  ihe  Message  of  J  Jin  the  B^t 
tist  ;  o?'y  Light  and  Salvation  by  Jesus  Christ. 

Luke  i    63,  Sec.     John  i.  2V,  32. 
OW  be  the  God  of  Israel  bless'd, 
Who  makes  his  truth  appear; 
His  mighty  hand  fulfils  his  word, 
And  all  the  oaths  he  sw^re. 

Now  he  bedews  old  David's  root, 

With  blessings  from  the  sk'es  ; 
He  nukes  the  branch  of  promise  gi'uW, 

The  promised  horn  arise* 


Book  I.  HXMN    LI.  27 


3  (  John  was  the  prophet  of  the  Lord, 
To  go  b.fore  his  face; 
The  herald,  which  our  Saviour  God 
Sent  to  prepare  his  ways. 
4>  He' makes  the  great  salvation  known, 
He  speaks  of  pardon'd  sins  ; 
While  grace  divine,  and  heavenly  love, 
In  its  own  glory  shines. 
$  "  Behold  the  Lamb  of  God,"  he  cries, 
"That  takes  our  guilt  away  : 
<;I  saw  the  Spirit  o'er  his  head 
"On  his  baptizing  day.) 

6  *  Be  every  vale  exalted  high, 

"Sink  every  mountain  low; 
"  The  proud  must  stoop,  and  humble  sou!* 
"  Shall  his  salvation  know. 

7  «  The  heathen  realms  with  Israel's  land 

"  Shall  join  in  sweet  accord  ; 
"  And  all  that's  born  of  man   shall  see 

"The  glory  of  the    Lord. 
S  "  Behold  the  Morning-Star  arise, 

"  Ye,  who  in  darkness  sit ; 
n  He  marks  the  path  that  leads  to  peace, 

"  And  guides  our  doubtful  feet." 

HXMN~~LL       STMT"  (  £  ) 

Preserving  Grace.     Jude  24,  25. 
ft       HP0  ^od,  the  only  wise, 

*    Our  Saviour  and  our  King, 
Let  all  the  saints  below  the  skies' 
Thesr  humble  praises  bring. 
2       'Tis  his  almighty  love, 
His  counsel  and  his  care, 
Preserves  us  safe  from  sin  and  death*, 
And  every  hurtful  snare. 
.3       He  will  present  our  souls, 
Unblemi&h'd  and  complete, 
Before  the  glory  of  his  face, 
With  joys  divinely  great. 
$       Then  all  the  chosen  seed 

Shall  meet  around  the  throne, 
Shall  bless  the  conduct  of  his  grace, 
And  make  his  wonders  known*. 
B.  i»  C  2 


HYMN    LII,     LIII.  Book  I. 


To  our  Redeemer  God 
Wisdom  and  power  belongs, 
Immortal  crowns  of  majesty, 
And  everlasting  songs. 


1   HYMN     LII.       L.  M.  (  %  ) 

Bafitism.     Matt,  xxviii.  19.     Acts  n,  38. 

1  Tip  WAS  the  commission  of  the  Lord, 

•**■   "  Go,  teach  the  nations,  and  baptize." 
The  nations  have  received  the  word, 
Since  he  ascended  to  the  skies. 

2  He  sits  upon  th'  eternal  hills, 

With  grace  and  pardon  in  his  hands, 
And  sends  his  covenant  with  the  seals, 
To  bless  the  darksome  Gentile  lands. 

3  "  Repent,  and  be  baptized,"  he  saith, 
"  For  the  remission  of  your  sins  ;" 
And  thus  our  sense  assist;,  our  faith, 
And  shows  U3  what  his  gospel  means. 

4  Our  souls  he  washes  in  his  blood, 
As  water  makes  the  body  clean  ; 
And  the  good  Spirit  from  our  God 
Descends,  like  purifying  rain. 

5  Thus  we  engage  ourselves  to  Thee, 
And  seal  our  covenant  with  the  Lord  ; 
O,  may  the  great  Eternal  Three 

In  heaven  our  solemn  vows  record  I 


HYMN     LIII.      1-    Al.  (  *:  ) 

The  Holy  Sen '/it ares.     Heb.  i.  •  1.     2    Tim.    III.    15,   16. 
Psalm  cxlvii.  19,  26. 

1  /~1  OD,  who  in  various  methods  told 
^JT  His  mind  and  will  to  saints  of  old, 
Sent  his  own  Son  with  truth  and  grace, 
To  teach  us  in  these  latter  days. 

2  Our  nation  reads  the  written  word, 
The  book  of  life,  that  sure  record  : 
The  bright  inheritance  of  heaven 
Is  by  the  sweet  conveyance  given. 

3  God's  kindest  thoughts  are  here  e-xpress'ti, 
Able  to  make  us  wise  and  bless'd  J 

The  doctrines  are  divinely  true, 
Fit  for  reproof  and  comfort  toe 


Boos  I. HYMN    LIV,    LV. 29 

4   Ye  people,  ail  who  read  his  love 
In  long  epistles  from  above, 


(He  hat  I  not  sent  his  sacred  word 
To  every  land)  praise  ye  the  Lord. 


HYMN     LIV.       L.    M.  (  38  ) 

Electing  Grace  ;  or,  faints  beloved  in  Christ.  Eph.  1.  3,  Sec 

1  TTESUS,  we  bless  thy  Father's  name  ; 
**  Thy  God  and  ours  are  both  the  same  ; 
What  heavenly  blessings  from  his  throne 
Flow  down  to  sinners  through  his  Son  I 

2  "  Christ  be  my  first  elect,"  he  said  ; 
Then  chose  our  souls  in  Christ  our  head, 
Before  he  gave  the  mountains  birth, 

Or  laid  foundations  for  the  earth. 

3  Thus  did  eternal  love  begin 

To  raise  us  up  from  death  and  sin  ; 
Our  characters  were  then  decreed, 
■*  Blameless  in  love,  a  holy  seed  " 

4  Predestinated  to  be  sons, 

Born  by  degrees,  but  chose  at  once  ; 

A  new,  regenerated  race, 

To  praise  the  glory  of  his  grace. 

5  With  Christ,  our  Lord,  we  share  our  part 
In  the  affections  of  his  heart  ; 

Nor  shall  our  souls  be  thence  removed, 
Till  he  forgets  his  First-beloved. 


HYMN     LV.       C.  M.  (  X  or  b  ) 

Hezekiah's  Song  ;  or,  Sickness  and  Recovery.     Isa. 
xxxviii.  9.  &c. 

1  ^J\THEN  we  are  raised  from  deep  distress, 

*     Our  God  deserves  a  song; 
We  take  the  pattern  of  our  praise 
From  Hezekiah's  tongue. 

2  The  gates  of  the  devouring  grave 

Arc  open'd  wide  in  vain, 
If  he,  who  holds  the  keys  of  death, 
Commands  them  fas';  again. 

3  Pains  of  the  flesh  are  woni  t'  abuse 

Our  minds  with  slavish  fears; 
"  Our  days  are  past,  and  we  shalliose 
«  The  remnant  of  our  years." 


30  HYM*    LVI,     LVII.  Book  I; 


4  We  chatter  with  a  swallow's  voice, 

Or,  like  a  dove,  we  mourn, 
With  bitterness  instead  of  joys, 
Afflicted  and  forlorn. 

5  Jehovah  speaks  the  healing  word, 

And  no  d.sease  w  thstancls  ; 
Fevers  and  plagues  obey  the  Lord, 
And  fly  at  his  commands. 

6  If  half  the  strings  of  life  should  break, 

He  can  our  frame  restore  : 
He  casts  our  s  ns  behind  his  back, 
And  they  are  found  no  more. 

HYMN     LVI.       C.  M.  (  *  ) 

The  Seng  of  Moses  and  the  Limb  ;  or,  Babylon  falling. 
Rev.  xv.  3,  xvi    19,  and  xvn.  5. 

E  sing  the  glories  of  thy  love, 
We  sound  thy  dreadful  name  ; 
The  Christian  church  unites  the  songs 
Of  Moses  and  the  Lamb. 

2  Great  God  !  how  wonderous  are  thy  works 

Of  vengeance,  and  of  grace  !■ 
Thou  King  of  Saints,  Almighty  Lord, 
How  just  and  true  thy  ways  ! 

3  Who  dares  refuse  to  fear  thy  name, 

Or  Worship  at  thy  throne  ! 
Thy  judgments  speak  thy  holiness 
Through  all  the  nations  known. 

4  Great  Babylon,  that  rules  the  earth, 

Drunk  with  the  martyrs'  blood, 
Her  crimes  shall  speedily  awake 
The  fury  of  our  God. 

5  The  cup  of  wrath  is  ready  mix'd, 

And  she  must  drink  the  dregs  ; 
Strong  is  the  Lord,  her  sovereign  Ju  Ige, 
And  shall  fu.fil  the  pi  gues. 


HYMN     LVII.       C.  M.  (  (^  ) 

Original  Sin  ;  or,  the  First  and    Second   Adam.     Rom.  tTi 

12.  Sec-      Psal.  li.  5.     Job  xiv.  4. 
\  BACKWARD  with  humble  shame  we  looji 
-H-P  On  our.  original  ; 


Book  I.  HYMN     LVIII. 

How  is  our  natuie  dash'd  and  broke 
In  our  first  father's  fall ! 

2  To  all  that's  good,  averse  and  blind* 

But  prone  to  all  that's  ill ; 
What  dreadful  darkness  veils  our  mind  1 
How  obstinate  our  will ! 

3  Conceived  in  sin  (O,  wretched  state  !) 

Before  we  draw  our  breath, 
The  first  young  pulse  begins  to  beat 
Iniquity  and  death. 

4  How  strong  in  our  degenerate  blood 

The  old  corruption  reigns, 
And,  mingling  with  the  crooked  floods 
Wanders  through  all  our  veins  I 

5  (Wild  and  unwholesome  as  the  root 

Will  all  the    branches  be  ; 
How  can  we  hope  for   living  fiuit 
From  such  a  deadly  tree  ? 

6  What  mortal  power,  from  things  unclean, 

Can   pure  productions  bring? 
Who  can  command  a  vital  stream 
From  an  infected  spring  ?  J 

7  Yet,  mighty  God,  thy  wonderous  love 

Can  make  our  nature  clean, 
While  Christ  and  grace  prevail  above 
The  tempter,  death  and  sin. 

8  The   second  Adam  shall  restore 

The  ruins  of  the  first ; 
Hosanna  to  that    sovereign  Power, 
That  new-creates  our  dust  I 


HYMN     LVIII.       L.    M.  (  &  ; 

0 
The  Devil  vanquished  ;  or,  Michael's  war  with  the  Dragm. 
Rev.   xn.  7. 

1  ]T   ET  mortal  tongues  attempt  to  sing 

-^  The  wars  of  heaven,  when  Michael  stood 
Chief  general  of  th'  eternal  King, 
And  fought  the  buttles  of  our  God. 

2  Against  the  dragon  and  his  host 
The  armies  of  the  Lord  prevail ; 

In  vain  they  rage,  in  vain  they  boast, 
Their  courage  sinks;  their  weapons  faili 


HYMN     LIX,     LX.  Book  I. 


3  Down  to  the  earth  was  Satan  thrown, 
Down  to  the  earth  his  legions  fell  ; 
Then  was  the  trump  of  triumph  blown, 
And  shook  the  dreadful  deeps  of  bell. 

4  Now  is  the  hour  of  darkness  past, 
Christ  has  assumed  his  reigning  power 
Behold,  the  great  accuser  cast 

Down  from  the  skies,  to  rise  no  more. 

5  5Twas  by  thy  blood,  immortal  Lamb, 
Thine  armies  trod  the  tempter  down  ; 
'Twas  by  thy  word  and  powerful  name 
They  gain'd  the  battle  and  renown. 

6  R.  joice,  ye  heavens  ;   let  every  star 
Shme  with  new  glories  round  the  sky  ; 
Saints,  while  ye  sing  the  heavenly  war, 
Raise  your  Dchver's  name  on  high. 


HYMN     LIX.       L.  M.  (  %  ) 

Babylon  Fallen.      Rev.  xviii.  20,  21. 

1  1TN"  Gabriel's  hand  a  mghty  stone 
■W-  Lies,  a  fair  type  of  Babylon  : 

u  Prophets  rejoice,  and  all  ye  saints, 

"  God  shall  avenge  your  long  complaints.'* 

0  He  said,  and  dreadful  as  he  stood, 
He  sunk  the  mill-stone  in  the  flood, 
"T  hu    terribly  shall  Babel  fall, 
"  Thus^and  no  mo«     be  found  at  all." 

HYMN     LX.       J..  W.  .""  (  *  ) 

The  Virgin  Mary's  Song  j  or,  the  Promised  Messiah  Born. 

Luke  i.  4G,  Sec. 

!   .p^UR  souls  shall  magnify  the  Lord  ; 

^J*  In  God,  the  Sav  our,  we  rejoice  : 

While  we  repeat  the  Virgin's  song, 

May  the  same  Spirit  tune  our  voice. 

2  (The  Highest  saw  her  low  estate, 

A-id  mighty  things  his  hand  hath  done  ; 
His  overshadowing  power  and  grace 
Mikes  her  the  mother  of  his  Son. 

3  Let  every  nation  call  her  bless'd, 

A  id  endless  years  prolong  her  fame  ; 
Bui  God  alone  must  be  adored  ; 
Holy  and  reverend  is  his  name.) 


Book  I.  HYMN-  LXI,    LXII. 


4  To  those,  who  fear  and  trust  the  Lord, 
His  mercy  stands  forever  sure  ; 
From  age  to  age  his  promise  lives, 
And  the  performance  is  secure. 

5  He  spake  to  Abrah'm  and  his  seed, 

«  In  thee  shall  all  the  earth  be  bless'd  : 
The  memory  of  that  ancient  word 
Lay  long  in  hs  eternal  breast. 

6  But  now  no  more  shall  Israel  wait, 
No  more  the  Gentiles  lie  forlorn  ; 
Lo,  the  Desire  of  Nations  comes  ; 
Behold,  the  promised  Seed  is  born  ! 


HYMN     LXI.       L.  M.  (  ^  > 

Christ  our  High  Priest  and  King  ;  and  Christ  cGmi?ig  to 
Judgment.     Rev.  i.  5 — 7. 

1  T^JOW  to  the  Lord,  who  makes  us  know 
-    -*-^  The  wonders  of  his  dying  love, 

Be  humble  honours  paid  below, 
And  strains  of  nobler  praise  above. 

2  'Twas  he,  who  cleansed  our  foulest  sins, 
And  wash'd  us  in  his  richest  blood  ; 
'Tis  he,  who  makes  us  priests  and  kings, 
And  brings  us,  rebels,  near  to  God. 

•3  To  Jesus,  our  atoning  Priest, 
To  Jesus,  our  superior  King, 
Be  everlasting  power  confessed, 
And  every  tongue  his  glory  sing. 

4  Behold,  on  flying  clouds  he  comes, 
And  every  eye  shall  see  him  move  ; 
Though  with  our  sins  we  pierced  him  once, 
Then  he  displays  his  pardoning  love. 

5  The  unbelieving  world  shall  wail, 
While  we  rcioice  to  see  the  day  : 
Come,  Lord  ;  nor  let  thy  promise  fail, 
Nor  let  thy  chariots  long  delay. 


HYMN     LXII.      C.  M.  f  *  j 

Christ  Jesus,  the   Lamb   of  God,     Worshipped  by   all  the 

Creation.     Rev.   v.    11  — 13. 
I  pOME,  let  us  join  our  cheerful  songs, 
^  With  angels  round  the  throne  ; 


34  HYMN     LX'III. 


Boos  I 


Ten  thou  -and  thousand  are  their  tongues, 
But  aii  their  joys  are  one. 

2  «  Worthy  the  Lamb,  who  died,*1  they  crv, 

"  To  be  exalted  thus  : 
«  Worthy  the  Lamb,"  our  lips  reply, 
"  Tor  he  was  slam  for  us." 

3  Jesus  is  worthy  to  receive 

Honour  and  power  divine  ; 
And  blessings,  more  than  we  can  give. 
Be,  Lord,  forever  thine. 

4  Let  all,  who  dwell  above  the  sky, 

And  air,  and  earth,  and  seas, 
Conspire  to  lift  thy  glories  high, 
And  speak  thine  endless  praise. 

5  The  whole  creation  join  in  one, 

To  bless  the  sacred  name 
Of  Mm,  w£ho  sits  upon  the  throne, 
And  to  adore  the  Lamb. 


HYMN     LX1II.      L.  M.  (  ^  ) 

Chrises  Humiliation  and  Exaltation.     Rev.  v.    12. 
i.  Of  HAT  equal  honours  shall  we  bring, 

To  thee,  O  Lord,  our  God,  the  Lamb, 
When  all  the  notes,  which  angels  sing, 
Are  tar  inferior  to  thy  name  ? 

2  Worthy  is  he,  who  once  was  slain, 

The  Prince  of  life,  who  groan'd  and  died, 
Worthy  to  nse,  and  live  and  reign 
At  his  Almighty  Father's  s;de. 

3  Power  and  dominion  are  his  due, 
Who  stood  condemr.'d  at  Pilate's  bar  ; 
Wisdom  belongs  to  J-sus  loo. 

Though  he  was  charg'd  with  madne'ss  there.- 

4  All  riches  are  his  native  right, 
Yet  he  sustain'd  amazing  loss  ; 
To  him  ascribe  eternal  might, 
Who  left  his  weakness  on  the  cross. 

5  Honour  immortal  must  be  paid, 
Instead  of  scandal  and  of -scorn  ; 
While  glory  shines  around  his  head, 
And  a  bright  crown  without  a  thorn. 

6  B!ess:ngs  forever  on  the  Lamb, 

Who  bore  the  curse  for  wretched  men  : 


Book  I.  HYMN     LXIV,    LXV 


Let   angels  sound  his  sacred  name, 
And  every  creature  say,  Amen. 


HYMN     LXIV.       S.  M.  (  * 

Adoption.        1   John  in.    1,  See.     Gal.  iv.  6, 
TOEHOLD,  what  wonderous  grace 
-"-"  The  Father  has  bestow'd 
On  sinners  of  a  mortal  race, 

To  call  them  sons  of  God  ! 

'Tis  no  surprising  thing, 

That  we  snould  be  unknown ; 
The  JeAvish  world  knew  not  their  King, 

God's  everlasting  Son. 

Nor  doth  it  yet  appear 

How  great  we  must  be  made  ; 
But  when  we  see  our  Saviour  here, 

We  shall  be  like  our  head. 

A  hope  so  much  divine 

May  trials  well  endure, 
May  purge  our  souls  from  .sense  and  sin, 

As  Christ,  the  Lord,  is  pure. 

If  in  my  Father's  love 

I  share  a  filial  part, 
Send  down  thy  Spirit,  like  a  dove. 

To  rest  upon  my  heart. 

We  would  no  longer  lie, 

Like  slaves,  beneath  the  throne  ; 
My  faith  shall  Abba,  Father,  cry, 

And  thou  the  kindred  own. 


HYMN     LXV.      L.  M>  [  *  j 

The  Kingdoms  of  the    World   become   the  Kingdom*  oj  the 
Lord  ;  or  the  Day  of  Judgment.     Rev.  xi.   15. 

1  IT  FT  the  seventh  angel  sound  on  high, 
•"  Let  shouts  be  heard  through  all  the  sky  ! 
Kings  of  the  earth,  with  glad  accord,. 

Give  up  your  kingdoms  to  the  Lord. 

2  Almighty  God,  thy  power  assume, 
Who  wast,  and  art,  and  art  to  come  ; 
Jesus,  the  Lamb,  who  once  was  slain. 
For  ever  live,  for  ever  reien. 

i.  p 


HYMN     LXVI.  Boor  I. 


J  The  angry  nations  fret  and  roar, 
That  they  can  slay  the  saints  no  more ; 
On  wings  of  vengeance  flies  our  God, 
To  pay  the  long  arrears  of  blood. 

4  Now  must  the  rising  dead  appear ; 
Now  the  decisive  sentence  hear  ; 
Now  the  dear  martyrs  oi  the  Lord 
Receive  an  infinite  reward. 


HYMN     LXVI.       L    M.  (  %  ) 

Chris*,  the  King,  at  Jus  Table.     Solomon's  Song,  i.  2 — 5, 
12,  13,  17. 

1  "] "    ET  him  embrace  my  soul  and  prove 
-"-**  Mine  interest  in  his  heavemy  love  ; 
Tnc  voice,  that  tells  me,  thou  art  mine, 
Exceeds  the  blessings  of  the  vine. 

2  On  thee  th'  anointing  spirit  came, 
And  spread  the  savour  of  thy  name  ; 
That  oil  of  gladness  and  of  grace 
Draws  virgin  souls  to  meet  thy  face. 

3  Jesus,  allure  me  by  thy  charms  ; 
My  soul  shall  fly  into  thine  arms  ! 
Our  wandering  feet  thy  favours  bring 
To  the  fair  chambers  of  the  King. 

4  (  Wonder  and  pleasure  tune  our  voice, 
To  speak  thy  praises  and  our  joys  ; 
Our  mem'ry  keeps  this  love  of  thine 
Beyond  the  taste  of  richest  wine.) 

5  Though  in  ourselves  deform'd  we. are. 
And  black,  as  Kedar*s  tents,  appear, 
Yet  when  we  put  thy  beauties  on, 
Fair  as  the  courts  of  Solomon. 

6  (  While  at  his  table  sits  the  King, 
He  loves  to  see  us  smile  and  sing  ; 
Our  graces  are  our  best  perfume, 

And  breathe,  like  spikenard,  round  the  room. 

7  As  myrrh  new  bleeding  from  the  tree, 
Such  is  a  dying  Christ  to  me  : 

And  while  he  makes  my  soul  his  guest, 
Thy  bosom,  Lord,  shall  be  my  rest. 
3  No  beams  of  cedar  or  of  fir, 

Can  with  thy  courts  on  earth  compare*, 


Book  I.  HYMN     LXVII,     LXVIII. 

•_  "  i- . i      ■ .. . 


And  here  we  wait  until  thy  love 
Raise    us  to  nobler  seats  above.) 


HYMN     LXVII.       L.  M.  ( 

Seeking  the  Pastures  of  Christ  the  Shepherd. 
Solomon's  Song  i.  7. 

1  TTpHOU  whom  my  soul  admires  above 

■"■    All  earthly  joy  and  earthly  love, 
Tell  me,  dear  Shepherd,  let  me  know 
Where  do  thy  sweetest  pastures  grow  : 

2  Where  is  the  shadow  of  that  rock, 
That  from  the  sun  defends  thy  fiock  ? 
Fain  would  I  feed  among  thy  sheep, 
Among  them  rest,  among  them  sleep. 

3  Why  should  thy  bride  appear  like  one 
Who  turns  aside  to  paths  unknown  ? 
My  constant  feet  would  never  rove, 
Would  never  seek  another  love. 

4  (  The  footsteps  of  thy  fiock  I  see  ; 
Thy  sweetest  pastures  here  they  be  ; 
A  wonderous  feast  thy  love  prepares, 
Bought  with  thy  wounds,  and  groans,  and  tears. 

5  H»s  dearest  flesh  he  makes  my  food, 
And  bids  me  drink  his  richest  blood  ; 
Here  to  these  hills  my  soul  will  come, 
'Till  my  beloved  lead,  me  home.) 


HYMN     LXVIII.       L.  M.  (  %  ) 

The  Banquet  of  Love.     Solomon's  Song  n.  i— 7. 
\  OEHOLD  the  rose  of  Sharon  here, 

jLD  Xhe  Lilly  which  the  vallies  bear  ; 

Behold  the  Tree  of  Life  which  gives 

Refreshing  fruit  and  healing  leaves. 
2  Among  the  thorns  so  lillies  shine  : 

Among  wild  gourds  the  noble  vine  ; 

So  in  my  eyes  my  Saviour  proves, 

Amidst  a  thousand  meaner  loves, 
o  Beneath  his  cooling  shade  I  sat, 

To  shield  me  from  the  burning  heat  ; 

Of  heavenly  fruit  he  spreads  a  feast, 

To  feed  my  eyes  and  please  my  taste. 
4  (  Kindly  he  brought  me  to  the  place 

Where  stands  the  banquet  of  his  grace; 


HYMN  LX1X,  LXX.  Be. 


He  saw  me  taint,  and  o'er  my  head 
The  banner  of  his  love  he  spread. 

5  Willi  living  bread  and  generous  wine, 
He  cheers  this  sinking  heart  of  mine  ; 
And  op'ning  his  own  heart  to  me, 

He  shows  his  thoughts  how  kind  they  he.) 

6  O  never  let  my  Lord  depart, 

Lie  down  and  rest  upon  my  heart  ; 
I  charge  my  sins  not  once  to  move, 
Nor  stir,  nor  wake,  nor  grieve  my  love. 

HYMNLXIX"      L.  M.  (  ^  ) 

Christ  appearing  to  his  Church,  and  seeking  her  Comfiarnp, 

Solomon *s  Song  u    8 — 13. 
1  Pip  HE  voice  of  my  beloved  sounds 
*•*•    Over  the  rocks  and  rising  grounds'; 
O'er  hills  of  guilt  and  seas  of  grief, 
He  leaps,  he  flies  to  my  relief. 

2  Now  through  the  veil  of  flesh  I  see 
With  eyes  of  love  he  looks  at  me  ; 
Now  in  the  gospel's  clearest  glass 
He  shows  the  beauties  of  his  face. 

3*Gently  he  draws  my  heart  along, 

Both  with  his  beauties  and  his  tongue  ; 

Ris^,  saith  my  Lord,  make  haste  away, 

No  mortal  joys  are  worth  thy  stay. 
4  The  Jewish  wintry  state  is  gone, 

The  mists  are  fled,  the  spring  comes  on. 

The  sacred  turtle  dove  we  hear 

Proclaim  the  new,  the  joyful  year. 

3  Th'  immortal  vine  of  heavenly  root 
Blossoms  and  buds,  and  gives  her  fruit  , 
Lo,  we  are  come  to  taste  the  wine ; 
Our  souls  rejoice  and  bless  the  Vine. 

6  And  when  we  hear  our  Jesus  say, 
Rise  up  my  Love,  make  haste  away  >. 
Our  hearts  would  fain  outfly  the  wind, 
And  leave  all  earthly  loves  behind. 


HYMN     LXX.       L.  INI.  [  #  j 

CuRisT  inviting,  and  the  Church  answering  the  Invitation, 

Solomon's  Song  n.  14,  16,  17. 
1    TL7TARK  1  the  Redeemer  from  on  high 
m*-  Sweetly  invites  his  fav'rites  nigh  ; 


Book  I.  HYMN     LXXL  Z9 


From  caves  of  darkness  and  of  doubt. 
He  gently  speaks  and  calls  us  out. 

"  My  dove,  who  hidest  in  the  rock, 

<<  Thine  heart  almost  with  sorrow  broke, 

"  Lift  up  thy  face,  forget  thy  fear, 

"  And  let  thy  voice  delight  mine  ear. 

u  Thy  voice  to  me  sounds  ever  sweet ; 

"  My  graces  in  thy  count'nance  meet ; 

"  Though  the  vain  world  thy  face  despise, 

u  Tis  bright  and  comely  in  mine  eyes.'* 

Dear  Lord,  our  thankful  heart  receives 

The  hope  thine  invitation  gives  ; 

To  thee  our  joyful  lips  shall  raise 

The  voice  of  prayer  and  that  of  praise. 

(  I  am  my  Love's,  and  he  is  mine  ; 

Our  hearts,  our  hopes,  our  passions  join  ; 

Nor  let  a  motion,  nor  a  word, 

Nor  thought  arise  to  grieve  my  Lord. 

My  soul  to  pastures  fair  he  leads, 

Among  the  lillies  where   he  feeds; 

Among  the    saints   (  whose  robes  are  white 

Wash'd  in  his  blood  )  is  his  delight. 

'Till  the  day  break,  and  shadows  flee, 

Till  the  sweet  dawning  light  I  see, 

Thine  eyes  to  me-ward  often  turn, 

Nor  let  my  soul  in  darkness  mourn.* 

Be  like  a  hart  on  mountains  green, 

Leap  o'er  the  hills  of  fear  and  sin  ; 

Nor  guilt,  nor  unbelief  divide 

My  Love,  my  Saviour  from  my  side.) 


HYMN     LXXI.       L.  M.  [  fc,  -} 

Christ  found  in  the  Street,  and  brought  to  the  Church, 
Solomon's  Song  in.  1— 5. 

1  Often  l  sefck  my  Lord  bv  niSht> 
^  Jesus,  my  love,  my  soul's  delight  ; 

With  warm  desire  and  restless  thought 

I  seek  him  oft,  but  find  him  not. 

2  Then  I  arise,  and  search  the  street, 
'  Till  I  my  Lord,  my  Saviour  meet ; 
I  c:sk  the  watchmen  of  the  night, 

"  Where  did  you  see  my  soul's  d-Ii^htL'* 
B.-  I,  D  2 


HYMN     tXXIt.  Book  I. 


3  Sometimes  1  find  him  in  my  way  ; 
Directed  by  a  heavenly  rav  ; 

I  leap  For  joy  to  see  Ins  lace, 

And  hold  him  fast  in  my  embrace. 

4  (  I  bring  him  to  my  mother's  home, 

Nor  docs  my  Lord  refuse  to  come 
To  Sion's  sacred  chambers,  where 
My  soul  first  drew  the  vital  air. 

5  He  gives  me  there  his  bleeding-  heart, 
Pierced  for  my  sake  with  deadly  smart 
I  give  my  soul  to  him,  and  there 

Our  loves  their  mutual  tokens  share.) 

6  I  charge  you  all,  ye  earthly  toys, 
Approach  not  to  disturb  my  joys  ; 
Nor  sin,  nor  hell,  come  near  my  heart, 
Nor  cause  my  Saviour  to  depart. 


HYMN     LXXII.       L.  M.  [  %  j 

The  Coronation  ofCnnn-r.  and  Esfiousala  of  the  Church* 
Solomon's  Son:;-  m    11. 

1  TPjNAUGLITERS  of  Sion  come,  behold 
•"-"^  The  crown  of  honour  and  of  gold, 
Which  the  glad  church,  with  joys  unknown; 
Placed  on  the  head  of  Solomon. 

2  Jesus,  thou  everlasting  King, 
Accept  the  tribute  which  we  bring  ; 
Accept  the  well-deserved  renown, 
And  wear  our  praises  as  thy  crown. 

f>  Let  every  act  of  worship  be, 

Like  our  espousals,  Lord,  to  thee  ; 

Like  the  dear  hour,  when  from  above 

Wc  first  received  thy  pledge  of  love. 
4  The  gladness  of  that  happy  day  1 

Our  "hearts  would  wish  it  long  to  stay  ; 

Nor  let  our  faith  forsake  its  hold, 

Nor  comfort  sink,  nor  love  grow  cold. 
5.  Each  foiiowmg  minute,  as  it  flies, 

Increase  thy  praise,  improve  our  joy 3, 

Till  wc  are  raised  to  sing  thy  name 

At  the  great  supper  of  the  Lamb. 
6  O,  that  the  months  would  roll  away, 

And  bring  that  coronation-day  1  v 

T he  King  6C  grac  II  .the  th  r» n  fc 

With  all  his  Father's  glories  olf. 


Book  I,  HYMN  LXXIII,  LXXIV 


HYMN     LXXIII.       L.  M.  (  *  ) 

The  Church's  Beauty  in  the  Eyes  of  Christ', 
Solomon's  Song  iv    1,  10,  1 1,  7,  8,  9. 

1  "jJ7""IND  is  the  speech  of  Christ,  our  Lord, 
■*-»■  Affection  sounds  in  every  word  ; 

11  Lo,  thou  art  fair,  my  love,"  he  cries, 
11  Not  the  young  dovts  have  sweeter  eyes-. 

2  "  (  Sweet  are  thy  lips,  thy  pleasing  voice 
"Salutes  mine  ear  with  secret  joys  ; 

M  No  spice  so  much  delights  the  smell, 
"  Nor  milk  nor  honey  tastes  so  well.) 

3  -;  Thou  art  all  fair,  my  bride,   to  me  ; 
<•  I  will  behold  no  spot  in   thee  :" 
What  mighty  wonders  love  performs;, 
And  puts  a  comeliness  en  worms  1 

4  Defiled  and  loathsome  as  we    are, 
He  makes  us  while  and  calls  us  fair  ; 
Adorns  us  with  that  heavenly  dress, 
His  graces  and  his  righteousness. 

5  "  My  sister  and  my  spouse,  he  cries, 
"  Bound  to  my  heart  by  various  ties, 
"  Thy  powerful  love  m  y  heart  retains* 

«  In  strong  delight  and  pleasing  chains. ,3 

6  He  calls  me  from  the  Leopard's  den, 
From  this  wide  world  of  beasts  and  men, 
To  Zion  where  his  glories  are  ; 

Not  Lebanon  is  half  so  fair. 

7  Nor  dens  of  prey,  nor  flowery  plains, 
Nor  earthly  joys,  nor  earthly  pains, 
Shall  hold  my  feet,  or  force  my  stay, 
When  Canst  invites  my  soul  away. 


HYMN     LXXIV.       L.  M.  (  #  J, 

The  Church  the  Garden  of  Chris  r.     Solomon's   Song   iY, 
12,  13,  15,  and  v.  1, 

1  1  JT  7  E  are  a  garden  wali'd  around, 

\V     Chosen  and  made  peculiar  ground  ; 
A  little  spot  inclosed  by  grace. 
Out  of  the  world's  wide  wilderness. 

2  Like  trees  of  myrrh  and  spice  we  stand, 
Planted  by  God,  the  Father's  hand  ; 
And  all  his  springs  in  Sion  flow, 

To  make  the  young  plantation  grow. 


4£ HYMN    LXXV. Book  I. 

5  Awake,  O  heavenly  wind,  and  come, 
Blow  on  this  garden  of  perfume  ; 
Spirit  divine,  descend  and  breathe 
A  gracious  gale  on  plants  beneath, 

4  Make  our  best  spices  flow  abroad, 

To  entertain  our  Saviour  God  : 

And  faith,  and  love,  and  joy  appear,- 

And  every  grace  be  active  here. 
$   (Let  my  beloved  come  and  taste 

His  pleasant  fruits  at  his  own  feast  : 

"I  come,  my  spouse,  I  come,"  he  cries, 

With  love  and  pleasure  in  his  eyes. 

6  Our  Lord  into  his  garden  comes, 

Well  pleased  to  smell  our  poor  perfumes  ; 
And  calls  us  to  a  feast  divine, 
Sweeter  than  honey,  milk,  or  wine- 

7  "Eat  of  the  tree  of  life,  my  friends, 
"The  blessings  that  my  Father  sends  ; 
"Your  taste  shall  all  my  dainties  prove, 

"And  drink  abundance  of  my  love." 

8  Jesus,  we  will  frequent  thy  board, 
And  sing  the  bounties  of  our  Lord  : 
But  the  rich  food,  on  which  we  live, 
Demands  more  praise  than  tongue  can  give.) 


HYMN      LXXV.        L.    M.  (  %  ) 

The  Description  of  Chris?,  the  beloved.     Solomon's  Sorl£ 
v,  9 — 12,  14 — 1G. 

1  PTpHE  wondering  world  inquires  to  know 

■"-    Why  I  should  love  my  Jesus  so  ? 
"What  are  his  charms,"  say  they,  "above 
"The  objects  of  a  mortal  love  :" 

2  Yes,  my  Beloved  to  my  sight 

Shows  a  sweet  mixture,  red  and  white. : 
All  human  beauties,  all  divine, 
In  my  Beloved  meet  and  shine. 

3  White  is  his  soul,  from  blemish  free  j 
Red  with  the  blood  he  shed  for  me  ; 
The  fairest  often  thousand  fairs  ; 

A  sun  amongst  ten  thousand  stars. 

4  (  His  head  the  finest  gold  excels  ; 
There  wisdom  in  perfection  dwells, 


Book  I.  HYMN     LXXVI.  # 


And  glory,  like  a  crown,  adorns 
Those  temples  once  beset  with  thornSr 

5  Compassions  in  his  heart  are  found, 
Close  by  the  signals  of  his  wound  : 
H  s  sacred  side  no  more   shall  bear 
The  cruel  scourge,  the  piercing  spear.) 

6  (  His  hands  are  fairer   to  behold 
Than   diamonds  set  in  rings  of  gold  ; 
Those  heavenly  hands,  that  on  the  tree., 
Were  nail'd,  and  torn,  and  bled  for  me. 

7  Though  once  he  bow'd  his  feeble  knee|*, 
Loaded  with  sins  and  agonies, 

Now,  on  the  throne   of  his  command, 
His  legs,  like  marble  pillars,   stand.) 

8  (His  eyes  are  majesty  and  love, 
The  eagle  temper'd  with  the  dove  ; 
No  more  shall  trickling  sorrows  roll 
Through  those  dear  windows  of  his  soul.) 

9  His  mouth,  that  pour'd  out  long  complaint^, 
Now  smiles,  and  cheers  his  fainting  saints  ; 
His  countenance  more  graceful  is 

Than  Lebanon  with  all  its  trees. 

10  All  over  glorious  is  my  Lord, 
Must  be  beloved,  and  yet  adored  ; 
His  worth,  if  all  the  nations  knew, 

Sure  the  whole  earth  would  love  him  foo. 


HYMN     LXXVI.  L.  M.  [  *  } 

Crisis?  dwells  in  Heaven,  but  visits  on  Earth, 
Solomon's  Song,  vi.  1,  2,  3,  12. 

1  W^^  strangers  stand  and  hear  me  tell 
v  *     What  beauties  in  my  Saviour  dwell, 
Where  he  is  gone  they  fain  would  know. 
That  they  may  seek  and  love  him  too. 

2  My  best  Beloved  keeps  his  throne 
On  hills  of  light,  in  worlds  unknown  ; 
But  he  descends  and  shows  his  face 
In  the  young  gardens  of  his  grace. 

3  In  vineyards  planted  by  his  hand, 
Where  fruitful  trees  in  order  stand  i 
He  feeds  among  the  spicy  beds, 
Where  liilies  show  their  spotless  heats • 


44 


HYMV  LXXVII,  LXXlII.  Book  L 


4  rle  has  engross'd  my  warmest  love, 
No  earthly  charms  my  soul  can  move  : 
I  have  a  mans  on  in  his  heart, 

Nor  death,  nor  hell  shall  make  us  part.) 

5  (He  takes  my  soul  ere  I'm  aware, 
And  shows  me  where  his  glories  are  : 
No  chariot  of  Amminadib 

The  heavenly  rapture  can  describe. 

6  O,  may  my  spirit  daily  rise 

On  wings  of  faith  above  the  skies, 
Till  death  shall  make  my  last  remove, 
To  dwell  forever  with  mv  love.) 


HYMN     LXXVII.       L.  M.  ["*] 

The  Love  of  Christ  to  the  Church,  in  his  Lar^uave  to  her, 
T i!?Z'™nafor  her    Solomon's  Song  vii.  5,  6,  9,  12,  IS- 

J^f       V'  m  t!ie  Sallerica  of  his  grace, 
Appears  the  King,  and  thus  he  says, 

"How  Fair  my  saints  are  in  my  sight, 

"My  love,  how  pleasant  for  delight  !" 

2  Kind  is  thy  language,  sovereign  Lord, 
1 'here's  heavenly  grace  in  every  word  : 
From  that  clear  mouth  a  stream  divine* 
Flows,  sweeter  than  the  choicest  wine. 

3  Such  won derous  love  awakes  the  lip 
Of  saints,  who  were  almost  asleep, 
To  speak  the  praises  of  thy  name, 
And  make  our  cold  affections  flame. 

4-  These  are  the  joys  he  lets  us  know, 

In  fields  and  villages  below  : 

Gives  us  a  relish  of  his  love, 

But  keeps  his  nobles'  feast  above. 
5  In  paradise,  within  the  ga'es, 

An  higher  entertainment  waits  ; 

Fruits  new  and  old,  laid  up  in  store. 

Where  we  shall  feed,  but  thirst  no  more. 


HYMN     LXXVm.        L.  M.  [*] 

The  Strength   of  Christ's  Love,  and  the  Soul's  Jealousy  of 
her  own.     Solomon's  Song,  viu.  5—7,  13,  U. 

1  *VV HO  is  tllis  fair  one  m  ciistress> 

Who  travels  from  the  wilderness, 
And,  press'd  with  sorrows  and  with  sins, 
On  her  beloved  Lord  she  leans  ? 


Book  I.  HYMN    LXXIX. 


2  This  is  the  spouse  of  Christ,  our  God, 
Bought  with  the  treasures  of  his  blood  ; 
And  her  request,  and  her  complaint, 
Is  but  the  voice  ot  every  saint. 

fe  "O,  let  my  name  engraven  stand 
"Both  on  thy  heart  and  on  thy  hand  • 
"Seal  me  upon  thine  arm,  and  wear 
"That  pledge  of  love  forever  there. 

A  -Stronger  than  death  thy  love  is  known, 
"Which  floods  of  wrath  could  never  drown  ; 
"And  hell  and  earth  in  vain  combine 
"To  quench  a  (ire  so  much  divine. 

5  "But  I  am  jealous  of  my  heart, 

"Lest  it  should  once  from  thee  depart  ; 
"Then  let  thy  name  be  well  impress'd, 
"As  a  fair  signet,  on  my  breast. 

-6  "Till  thou  hast  brought  me  to  thy  home* 
"Where  fears  and  doubts  can  never  come, 
"Thy  count'nance  let  me  often  see, 
"And  often  thou  shaft  hear  from  me. 

7  "Come,  my  beloved,  haste  away, 
<fCut  short  the  hours  of  thy  delay  ; 
"Fly,  like  a  youthful  hart  or  roe, 
"Over  the  hitts  where  sp  res  grow.** 


HYMN      LXXIX.       L.  M.  f  %  j 

,A  Morning  Hymn.     Psalm  xix.   5,  8.  and  lxxiii.  24,  25 

1  JT\  ')D  of  the  morning,  at  whose  voice 
^"   The  cheerful  sun  makes  haste  to  rise, 
And,  like  a  giant,  doth  rejoice 

To  run  his  journey  through  the  skies  ; 

2  From  the  fair  chambers  of  the  east 
The  circuit  of  his  race  begins, 
And,  without  weariness  or  rest, 

Round  the  whole  earth  he  flies  and  shines  : 
'3  O,  like  the  sun  may  I  fulfil 

Th'  appointed  duties  of  the  day  ; 

With  ready  mind  and  active  will 

March  on  and  keep  my  heavenly  way. 
4  (But  I  shall  rove  and  lose  the  race, 

If  God,  my  sun,  should  disappear, 

And  leave  me  in  this  world's  wild  maze? 

'To  follow  every  wandering  star.) 


46  HYMN       LXXX,     LXXXI.  Book  I. 


Lord,  thy  commands  are  clean  and  pure, 

Enlightening  our  beclouded  eyes  ; 

Thy  thicatenings  just,  thy  promise  sure  ; 

Thy  gospel  makes  the  simple  wise. 

Give  me  thy  counsel  for  my  guide, 

And  then  receive  me  to  thy  bliss  ; 

All  my  desires  and  hopes  beside 

Are  faint  and  cold,  compared  with  this. 


HYMN     LXXX.       L.  M.  [  *  ] 

An Evening  Hymn.  Psal  iv   8   and  in.  5,  6,  and  cxun,  8. 

1  "T*HUS  far  the  Lord  has  led  me  on, 

X     Thus  far  his  power  prolongs  my  days, 
And  every  evening  shall  make  known 
Some  fresh  memorial  of  his  grace. 

2  Much  of  my  time  has  run  to  waste, 
And  I,  perhaps,  am  near  my  home  ; 
But  he  forgives  my  follies  past, 

He  gives  me  strength  for  days  to  come. 

3  I  lay  my  body  down  to  sleep  ;  , 
Peace  is  the  piliow  for  my  head  ; 

While  well  appointed  angels  keep 
Their  watchful  stations  round  my  bed. 

4  In  vain  the  sons  of  earth  or  hell 
Tell  me  a  thousand  frightful  things  ; 
My  God  in  safety  makes  me  dwell 
Beneath  the  shadow  of  his  wings. 

5  (Faith  in  his  name  forbids  my  fear  : 
O,  may  thy  presence  ne'er  depart  1 
And  in  the  morn;ng  make  me  hear 
The  love  and  kindness  of  thy  heart. 

6  Thus  when  the  night  ot  death  shall  come, 
My  flesh  shall  rest  beneath  the  ground, 
And  wait  thy  voice  to  rouse  my  tomb, 
With  sweet  salvation  in  the  sound.) 


HYMN     LXXXI.         L.     M,  (  %  ) 

A  Song/or  Morning  or  Evening.  Lam.  in.  23.  Isa.  xlv.  7. 
I    TVITY  God,  how  endless  is  thy  love  ! 

lvJl  Thy  gifts  are  every  evening  new  ; 

And  morning  mercies  from  above. 

Gently  distil,  like  early  dev>\ 


Book  I.  HYMN     LXXXN,     LXXXIII.  47. 


2    l  iiou  spread's!  the  curiums  of  the  nitSnt, 
Great  Guardian  of  my  sleeping  hours  ; 
Thy  soveieign  word  restores  the  li^lit, 
And  quickens  all  my  drowsy  powers. 

S  I  yield  n.y  powers  to  thy  command  ; 
'io  thee  1  consecrate  my  days  : 
Perpetual  blcss-n^s  from  tmiie  hand 
Demand  perpetual  songs  of  praise. 

HYMN     LXXXII.     L.     M.  (  b  ) 

God  far  abwe  all  Creatures  ;  or,  Man  vain  and  mortal. 
Job.  iv     17— 2  1. 

1  QHALL  the  vile  race  of  flesh  and  blood 
^  Contend  with  {heir  Creator,  Cod  ? 
Shall  mortal  worms  piesume  to  be 
More  holy,  wise-  or  just  than  he  ? 

2  Behold,  he  puts  his  trust  in  none 
Ot  all  the  spirits  round  his  throne  ; 

Their  natures,  when  compared  with  his. 
Are  neither  holy,  just,  nor  wise. 

3  But  how  much  meaner  things  a»e  they, 
Who  spring  from  dus*  and  dwell  in  ciay  ! 
Touch'ci  by  the  finger  of  thy  wrath, 

We  faint  and  perish,   like  the  moth. 

■i  From  night  to  day,  from  day  to  night; 

We  die  by  thousands  in  thy  sight  : 

Bury'd  in  dust  whole  nations  lie, 

Like  a  forgotten  vanity. 
5   Almighty    Power,  to  thee  we  bow  : 

How  frail  are  we,  how  glorious  thou  ! 

No  more  the  sons  of  earth  shall  dare 

With  an  eternal  God  compare. 


HYMN     LXXXIII.       C.  M.  (  b  ) 

Afflictions  and  Death  under  Providence.       Job.  v.  6 S- 

i    TM  OT  from  the  dust  affliction  grows, 
■*-^    \Tor  troub  es  rise  by  chance  ; 
Yet  we  are  born  to  cares  and  wots  ; 
A  sad  inheritance  1 
C   As  sparks  break  out  from  burning  coals, 
And  still  are  upwards  borne  ; 
So  grief  is  rooted  in  our  souls, 
And  man  grows  up  to  mourn. 
B.  I.  E 


4S  HYMN      I  XXXIV,  LXXXV.  Book  I. 


3  Yet  with  my  God  I  leave  my  cause, 

And  trust  his  promised  grace  : 
He  rules  mc  by  his  weli-kuown  laws 
Of  :ove  and  righteousness. 

4  Not  all   the  pains,  that  e'er    I  bore, 

Shall  spoil  my  future  peace  : 

For  death  and  hell  can  do  no  more 

Than  what  my  Father  please. 

hymn~Txxxiv.     lTm.        (  *  ) 

Salvation,  Righteousness,  and  Strength  hi  Curis*. 
Isa.  xlv.  2  1 — 25. 

1  "JEHOVAH  speaks  !   let  Israel  hear, 
*^  Let  all  the  earth  rejoice  and  fear, 
While  God's  eternal  Son  proclaims 
His  sovereign  honours  and   .is  names. 

2  "  1  am  the  Last,  and  I  the  First, 

"  The  Saviour  God,  and  God,  the   Just ; 
k'  There's  none  beside  pretends  to  shew 
"Such  justice  and  salvation  too. 
J  ("  Ye,  who  in   shades  of  darkness  dwell, 
"Just  on  the  verge  of  death  and  hell, 
>;  Look  up  to  me  from  distant  lands, 
"  Light,  life,  and  heaven  are  in  my  hands 

4  "  I  by  my  holy  name  have  sworn, 

"  Nor  shall  the  word  in  vain  return, 
"  To  me  shall  all  things  bend  the  knee, 
"  And  every  tongue  shall  swear  to  me.) 

5  "  In  me  alone  shall  men  confess 

"  Lies  all  their  strength  and  righteousness  ; 
"  But  such  as  dare  despise  my  name, 
"  I'll  clothe  them  with  eternal  shame. 

6  "  In  me,  the  Lord,  shall  all  the  seed 
k*  Of  Israel  from  their  sins  be  freed, 
"  And  by  their  shining  graces  prove 
"Their  interest  in  my  pardoning  love." 

HYMN     LXXXV.       S.-M.  [  *  } 

The  same. 
I        PjTUIE,  Lord  on  high  proclaims 

■»*-    His  Godhead  from  his  throne  ; 
•  Mercy  and  justice  are  the  names, 
"  Bv  which  I  will  be  known. 


Book  I.  HYMN     LXXXVI,  LXXXVII, 


*«  Ye  dying  souls,  who  sit 

u  In  darkness  and  distress, 
"Look  from  the  borders  of  the  pit 

"  To  my  recovering  grace." 

Sinners  shall  hear  the  sound  ; 

Their  thankful  tongues  shall  own, 
"  Our  righteousness  and  strength  is  (band 

«  In  thee,  the  Lord,  alone." 

In  thee  shall  Israel  trust, 

And  see  their  guilt  forgiven  ; 
God  will  pronounce  the  sinners  just, 

And  take  the  saints  to  heaven. 


HYMN     LXXXVI.       C.  M-  [  b  J 

God  Holy,  Just,  and  Sovereign.     Job  ix.  2 — 10. 

1  TOOW  should  the  sons  of  Adam's  race 
**  Be  pure  before  their  God  ! 

If  he  contend  in  righteousness, 
We  fall  beneath  his  rod. 

2  To  vindicate  my  words  and  thoughts 

I'll  make  no  more  pretence  ; 
Not  one  of  all  my  thousand  faults 
Can  bear  a  just  defence. 

3  Strong  is  his  arm,  his  heart  is  wise  ; 

What  vain  presumers  dare 
Against  their  Maker's  hand  to  rise, 
Or  'tempt  th'  unequal  war  ? 

4  Mountains,  by  his  Almighty    wrath, 

From  their  old  seats  are  torn  ; 
He  shakes  the  earth  from  south  to  north-. 
And  all  the  pillars  mouin. 

5  He  bids  the  sun  forbear  to  rise  ; 

Tn'  obedient  sun  forbears  : 
His  hand  with  sackcloth  spreads  the  skies. 
And  seals  up  all  the  stars. 

6  He  walks  upon  the  stormy  sea, 

Flies  on  tne  stormy  wind  : 
There's  none  can  trace  his  wonderous  way. 
Or  his  dark  footsteps  find. 


HYMN     LXXXVII.       L.  M.  [  g  ] 

God  dwells  tvith  the  Humble  and  P  eniient.  Isa,  lvii  15,  IS, 
I   T^HUS  saith  the  high  and  lofty  One, 
JL    "  I  sit  upon  my  holy  throne  ; 


50  HYMN     LXXXVIII.  Book  I, 


"  My  name  is  God,  I  dwell  on  high, 
"  Dwell  in  my  own  eternity. 

3  M  But  I  descend    o  worlds  below, 
'•  On  earth  I  have  a  mansion  too  ; 
"  The  humble  spirit  and  contrite 
"  Is  an  abode  of  my  delight. 

S  ''The  humble  soul  my  words  revive  : 
*'  I  bid  the  mourning  sinner  live  ; 
«  Heal  all  the  broken  hearts  1  find, 
"  And  ease  the  sorrows  of  the  mind. 

4  ("  When  I  contend  against  their  sin, 

M  I  make  them  know  how  vile  they've  been  ; 
<;  But  should  my  wrath  forever  smoke, 
"  Their  souls  would  sink  beneath  my  stroke. 
•5  O,  may  thy  pardoning  grace  be    nigh, 
Lest  we  should  faint,  despair,  and  die  ! 
Thus  shall  our  better  thoughts  approve 
The  methods  of  thy  chastening  love  ) 


HYMN     LXXXVIII.      L.  M.  f  b  J 

Life,  the  Day  of  Grace  and  Hope.     Eccl.    ix.    4 — 6,    10. 
1   TT   IFE  is  the  lime  to  serve  the  Lord, 

•"-**  The  time  t'  insure  the  great  reward ; 

And  while  the  lamp  holds  out  to  burn, 

The  vilest  sinner  may  return. 
2(1  tirj  Which  God  has  given, 

To  "icape  from  hell  aw  1  fly  to  heaven  ; 

The  ■  .  mortals  may 

Secure  of the  day.) 

S  The  living  know  that  they  must  die, 

But  .  '  foi        ten  lie ; 

Their  memory  and  their  sense  is  gone,. 

Alike  u  ng  and  unknown. 

■l  (  Their  hatred  and  their  love  is  lost, 

Ther  envy  buried  in  the  dust; 

The;,   have  no  ..hare  in  all  that's  done 

Beneath  the  circuit  o!  the  sun.) 

5  Then  \,  tits  design  to  do, 

ith  all  your  might  pursue  ; 
Su.ce  no  device  nor  work  is  found, 
Nor  faith,  nor  hope,  beneath  the  ground 


Book   I.  HYMN     LXXXIX,  XC.  51 


6    There  are  no  acts  of  pardon  pass'd 
In  the  cold  grave,  to  which  we  haste  ; 
But  darkness,  death,  and  long  despair 
Reign  in  eternal  silence  there. 


HYMN     LXXXIX.       L.  M.  (  b) 

Youth  and  Judgment.     Eccl.  xi.  9. 
•    '^E  sons  of  Adam,  vain  and  young, 

■"■    Indulge  your  eyes,  indulge  your  tongue  , 
Taste  the  delights  your  souls  desire, 
And  give  a  loose  to  all  your  fire. 

2  Pursue  the  pleasures  you  design, 

And  cheer  your  hearts  with  songs  and  wine  ; 
Enjoy  the  day  of  mirth  ;  but  know 
There  is  a  day  of  judgment  too. 

3  God  from  on  high  beholds  your  thoughts  ; 
His  book  records  your  secret  faults  : 
The  works  of  darkness  you  have  done 
Must  all  appear  before  the  sun. 

4  The  vengeance  to  your  follies  due 

Should  strike  your  hearts  with  terrour  through  : 
How  will  ye  stand  before  his  face, 
Or  answer  for  his  injured  grace  ? 

5  Almighty  God,  turn  off  their  eyes 
From  these  alluring  vanities, 
And  let  the  thunder  of  thy  word 
Awake  their  souls  to  fear  the  Lord. 


■ 


HYMN     XC,      C.  M.  (  b  ) 

The  Same. 

LO,  the  young  tribes  of  Adam  rise, 
And  through  all  nature  rove. 
Fulfil  the  wishes  of  their  eyes, 

And  taste  the  joys  they  love. 
They  give  a  loose  to  wild  desires  ; 

But  let  the  sinners  know 
The  strict  account,  which  God  requires 

Of  all  the  words  they  do. 
The  Judge  prepares  his  throne  on  high  ; 

The  frighted  earth  and  seas 
Avoid  the  fury  of  his  eye, 

And  flee  before  his  face. 
.  I.  E  2 


I 


52  HYMN     XCI,     XCU.  Book  I 

4  How  shall  I  bear  that  dreadful  day, 
And  stand  the  fiery  test  ? 
I'd  give  all    mortal  joys  away, 
To  be  forever  bless'd. 


HYMN     XCI.      L    M.  [  b  ] 

Advice  to  Youth  ;  or,  Old  Age  and  Death  in  an  Unconverti 
ed  State.     Eccl.  xn.  1,  7.     Isa.  lxy.  20. 

1  MOW  in  the  heat  of  youthful  blood, 
-*-^   Remember  your  Creator,  God: 
Behold  the  months  come  hastening  on, 
When  you  shall  say  "  My  joys  are  gone." 

2  Behold  the  aged  sinner  goes, 
Laden  with  guilt  and  heavy  woes, 
Down  to  the  regions  of  the  dead, 
With  endless  curses  on  his  head. 

3  The  dust  returns  to  dust  again  ; 
The  soul,  in  agonies  of  pain, 
Ascends  to  God  ;  not  there  to  dwell, 
But  hears  her  doom,  and  sinks  to  hclK 

4  Eternal   King,  I  fear  thy  name  ! 
Teach  me  to  know  how  frail  I  am  ; 
And  when  my  soul  must  hence  remove, 
Give  me  a  mansion  in  thy  love. 


HYMN     XC1I.      S.  M.  f  &  ) 

Chris*,  the  Wisdom  of  God.     Prov.  vin.  1,  22 — 3?- 

SHALL  Wisdom  cry  aloud, 
And  not  her  speech  be  heard  ? 
The  voice  of  God's  eternal  word, 

Deserves  it  no  regard  ? 

"  I  was  his  chief  delight, 

"His  everlasting  Son, 
"  Before  the  first  of  all  his  works, 

«  Creation,  was  begun. 

(«  Before  the  flying  clouds, 

"  Before  the  solid  land, 
s  Before  the  fields,  before  the  floods, 

"  I  dwelt  at  his  right  hand. 

"  When  he  adorn'd  the  skies, 

«  And  built  them,  I  was  there,  _ 
<<  To  order  when  the  sun  should  rise. 

{;  And  marshal  every  star. 


Book  I.  HYMN    XCIII,  XCIV. 


5       *k  When  he  pour'd  out  the  sea, 
"  And  spread  the  flowing1  deep, 
il  I  gave  tiie  flood  a  firm  decree 
'*  In  its  own  bounds  to  keep.) 
"  Upon  the  empty  air 
"  Tne  earth  was  balanced  well  ; 
"  With  joy  I  saw  the  mansion,  where 
"The  sons  of  men  should  dwell. 
*t       **  My  busy  thoughts  at  first 
"  On  their  salvation  ran, 
M  Ere  sin  was  born,  or  Adam's  dust 
"  Was  fashion'd  to  a  man. 
3       "  Then  come,  receive  my  grace, 
"  Ye  children,  and  be  wise  ; 
"Happy  thcman,  who  keeps  my  ways, 
"  The  man,  who  shuns  them,  dies." 

HYMN     XCIIir    L,  M7  (  #  ) 

Chris^  or  Wisdom  Obeyed  or  Resisted.  Prov.  vni*  34--3C, 

1  rT*,HUS  saith  the  Wisdom  of  the  Lord, 

JL    u  Bless'd  is  the  man,  who  hears  my  word  ; 
"  Keeps  daily  watch  before  my  gates, 
if  And  at  my  feet  for  mercy  waits. 

2  "  The  soul,  who  seeks  me,  shall  obtain 
"  Immortal  wealth,  and  heavenly  gain  ; 
*  Immortal  life  is  his  reward, 

"  Life,  and  the  favour  of  the  Lord. 

3  (f  But  the  vile  wretch,  who  flies  from  me, 
"  Doth  his  own  soul  an  injury  ; 

"  Fools,  who  against  my  grace  rebel, 
u  Seek  death,  and  love  the  road  to  hell.55 


HYMN     XCIV.      C.  M.  [  b  ] 

Justification  by  Faith,  not  by  Works ;  or,    the    Lav)    Con- 
demns, Grace  Justfies.     Rom,  in.  19—23. 

i  "^TAIN  are  the  hopes  the  sons  of  men 
v    On  their  own  works  have  built ; 
Their  hearts  by  nature  all  unclean, 
And  all  their  actions  guilt. 
2  Let  Jew  and  Gentile  stop  their  mouthy 
Without  a  murmuring  word, 
And  the  whole  race  of  Adam  stand 
Guilty  before  the  Lord. 


I 


HYMN     XCV,     XCVI.  Book  1. 


In  vain  we  ask  God's  righteous  [aw 

To  justify  us  now  ; 
Since  to  convince  and  to  condemn 

Is  all  the  law  can  do. 

Jesus,  how  glorious  is  thy  grace  ! 

When  in  thy  name  we  trust, 
Our  faith  receives  a  righteousness, 

Which  makes  the  sinner  just. 


HYMN     XCV.       C.  M.  [  *  ] 

Regeneration.     John  I.  13,  and  in.  3.  Sec. 

1  TVTOT  all  the  outward  forms  on  earth, 
■*^»  Nor  ntes,  which  God  has  given, 
Nor  will  of  men,  nor  blood,  nor  birth, 

Can  raise  a  soul  to  heaven. 

2  The  sovereign  will  of  God  alone 

Creates  us  heirs  of  grace  ; 
Bjrn  in  the  image  of  his  Son, 
A  new,  peculiar  race. 

3  The  Spirit,  like  some  heavenly  wind, 

Blows  on  the  sous  of  flesh. 

New  models  all  the  carnal  mind, 

And  forms  the  man  afresh. 

4  Our  quicken'd  souls  awake  and  rise 

From  the  long  sleep  of  death  ; 
On  heavenly  things  we  fix  our  eyes, 
And  praise  employs  our  breath. 


HYMN     XCVI.       C.  M.  f  b 

Election  excludes  Boasting.      1  Cor.  I.  25 — 31, 

BUT  few  among  the  carnal  wise, 
But  few  of  noble  race, 
Obtain  the  favour  of  thine  eyes, 

Almighty  King  of  Grace  ! 
He  takes  the  men  of  meanest  name 

For  sons  and  heirs  of  God  ; 
And  thus  he  pours  abundant  shame 
On  honourable  blood. 

He  calls  the  fool,  and  makes  him  know 

The  mysteries  oi  his  grace  ; 
To  bring  aspiring  wisdom  low, 

And  all  its  pride  abase. 


Book  I.  HYMN     XCVII,     XCVIII. 


4  Nature  has  all  its  glories  lost, 

When  brought  before  his  throne  ; 
No  fl-sh  shall  in  his  presence  boast, 
But  in  the  Lord  alone. 


HYMN    XCVII.       L.  M.  (  b  ) 

Chris*  our  Wisdom,  Righteousness,  8cc.      1  Cor.  I.  30. 

1  i|  URIED  in  shadows  of  the  night, 
£j  We  lie  till  Christ  restores  the  light  ; 
Wisdom  descends  to  heal  the  blind, 
And  chase  the  darkness  of  the  mind. 

2  Our  guilty  souls  are  drown'd  in  tears; 
Till  his  atoning  blood  appears  : 
Then  we  awake  fiom  deep  distrtss, 
Ancl  sing,  The  Lord  our  Righteousness* 

3  Our  very  frame  is  mix'd  with  sin, 
His  spirit  makes  our  natures  clean  ; 
Such  virtues  from  his  sufferings  flow, 
At  once  to  cleanse  and  pardon  too. 

4  Jesus  beholds  where  Satan  reigns, 
Binding  his  slaves  in  heavy  chains  ; 
He  sets  the  prisoners  free,  and  breaks 
The  iron  bondage  from  our  necks. 

5  Poor  helpless  worms  in  thee  possess 
Grace,  wisdom,  power  and  righteousness  ; 
Thou  art  our  mighty  All,  and  we 

Give  our  whole  selves,  O  Lord,  to  thee. 


HYMN     XCVIII.       S.  M.  (  b 

The  Same. 
TOTOW  heavy  is  the  night, 
■"■  Which  hangs  upon  our  eyes, 
Till  Christ,  with  his  reviving  light, 
Over  our  souls  arise  ! 
Our  guilty  spirits  dread 
To  meet  the  wrath  of  Heaven  ; 
But  in  his  righteousness  array'd, 
We  see  our  sins  forgiven. 
Unholy  and  impure 
Are  all  our  thoughts  and  ways  ; 
His  hands  infected  \iature  cure 
With  sanctifying  grace. 


56  HYMN     XCIX,     C.  Book  L 


The  powers  of  hell  agree 

To  hold  our  souls  in  vain  ; 
He  sets  the  sons  of  bondage  free, 

And  breaks  the  cursed  chain. 

Lord,  we  adore  thy  ways, 

To  bring  us  near  to  God  ; 
Thy  sovereign  power,  thy  healing  grace, 

And  thine  atoning  blood. 


HYMN     XCIX.       C.  M.  (  b  ) 

Stones  made  Children  of  Abraham  ;  or,    Grace  not  conveyed 

by  Religious  Parents.      Matt.  III.  9. 
1   TXT'AIN  are  the  hopes,  which  rebels  place 
*     Upon  their  birth  and  blood, 
Descended  from  a  pious  race, 
(Their  fathers  now  with  God.) 
"  He  from  the  caves  of  earth  and  hell 
Can  take  the  hardest  stones, 
And  fill  the  house  of  Abraham  well 
With  new-created  sons. 
3  Such  wonderous  power  doth  he  possess, 
Who  form'd  our  mortal  frame, 
Who  calPd  the  world  from  emp'iness  ; 
The  world  obey'd,  and  came. 


HYMN     C.       L.  M.  C  *or  b 

Believe  and  be  Saved.     John  in.    16 — 18. 

'    l^T^^  t0  con^emn  tne  sons    °f  men 

*^   D  J  Christ,  the  Son  of  Go  1,  appear  ; 

No  weapons  in  his  hands  are  seen, 

No  flaming  sword,  nor  thunder  there. 
'2  Such  was  the  pity  of  our  God, 

He  loved  the  race  of  men  so  well, 

He  srnt  his  Son  to  bear  our  load 

Of  sins,  and  save  our  souls  from  hell. 
:"  Sinners,  believe  the  Saviour's  word, 

Trust  in  h  s  mighty  name,  and  live  ; 

A  thousand  joys  his  lips  afford, 

His  hands  a  thousand  blessings  give. 
4  But  vengeance  and  damnation  lies 

On  rebels,  who   refuse  the  grace  ; 

Who  God's  eternal  Son  despise, 

The  hottest  hell  shall  be  their  place. 


Book  I.  HYMN     CI,     CII.  57 


HYMN     CI.       L.  M.  (  *  ) 

Joy  in  Heaven  Jor  a  rejienting  Sinner.     Luke  xv.  7,  10. 
L     VT\7HO  can  describe  the  joys,  which  rise 
v  v     Through  ali  the  courts  of  paradise  ? 

To  see  a  prodigal  return, 

To  see  an  heir  of  glory  born  ! 

2  With  joy  the  Father  doth  approve 
The  i'ruit  cf  his  eternal  love  ; 

The  son  with  joy  iooks  down  and  sees 
The  purchase  of  his  agonies. 

3  The  Spirit  takes  delight  to  view 
The  holy  soul  he  form  d  anew  ; 
And  saints  and  angels  join  to  sng 
The  growing  empire  of  their  King. 

HtMN     CII.       L.  M.  (  %  ) 

The  Beatitudes      Matt.  v.  3—12. 
1   "jTDLESS'D  are  the  humble  souls,  who  see 

•*-"  The  r  emptiness  and  poverty; 

Treasures  of  grace  to  them  are  given, 

And  crowns  of  joy  la-d  up  in  heaven. 
3  Biess'd  are  the  men  of  broken  heart, 

Who  mourn  for  sin  with  inward  smart  ; 

The  blood  of  Christ  divinely  flows, 

A  healing  balm  for  all  their  woes. 

3  Bless'd  are  the  meek,  who  stand   'far 
From  rage  and  passion,  noise  and  war  ; 
God  will  secure  their  happy  state, 
And  plead  their  cause  against  the  great. 

4  Bless'd  are  the  souls,  who  thirst  for  grace, 
Hunger  and  long  for  righteousness  ; 
They  shall  be  well  supplied  and  fed 
With  living  streams,  and  living  bread. 

5  Bless'd  are  the  men,  whose  bowels  move 
And  melt  with  sympathy  and  love  ; 
From  Christ,  the  Lord,  shall  they  obtain 
like  sympathy  and  love  again. 

6  Bhss'd  are  the  pure,  whose  hearts  are  clean 
From  the  defiling  power  of  sin  ; 

With  endless  pleasure  they  shall  see 
A  God  of  spotless  purity. 

7  Bless*  d  are  the  men  of  peaceful  life, 
Who  quench  the  coals  of  growing  strife  ; 


58  HYMN     CHI,     CIV.  Book  I. 


They  shall  be  call'd  the  heirs  of  bliss, 
The  suns  of  God,  the  God  of  peace. 
8  Bless'd  are  the  sufferers,  who  paitake 
Of  pain  and  sname  lor  Jesus'  sake; 
Their  souls  shall  triumph  in  the  Lord  ; 
Glory  and  joy  are  their  reward. 


HYMN     CHI.       C.   M.  [  %  J 

Wot  ashamed  of  the  Gosfiel.      2  Tim,  I.  12. 

I'M  not  ashamed  to  own  my  Lord, 
Or  to  defend  his  cause, 
Maintain  the  honour  of  his  word, 

The  glory  of  his  cross. 
Jesus,  my  God,    i  know  his  name  ; 

His  name  is  all  my  trust  ; 
Nor  will  he  put  my  soul  to  shame, 

Nor  let  my  nope  be  lost. 
Firm,  as  his  throne,  his  promise  stands, 

And  he  can  well  secure 
What  I've  committed  to  his  hands, 

'Till  th.e  decisive  hour. 
ihen  will  he  own  u»y  worthless  name, 

Before  his  Father's  face. 
And  in  the  new  Jerusalem 

Appoint  my  s:  ul  a  place. 


HYMN     CIV.       C.-M  [  $g  J 

A  State  of  Nature  and  Grace,      1  Cor.  vi.  10,  11. 
fVTOr  the  malicious    or  profane, 
•^   The  wanton,  or  the  proud, 
Nor  thieves,  nor  slanderers,  shall  obtain 

The  kingdom  of  our  God. 
Surprising  grace  1  and  such  were  we 

By  nam  re  and  by  sin, 
Heirs  of  immortal  misery, 

Unholy  and  unclean. 
But  we  are  wash'd  in  Jesus'  blood, 

We're  pardon'd  through  his  name; 
And  the  good  spirit  of  our  God 

Has  sanctified  our  frame. 
O  for  a  persevering  power 

To  keep  thy  just  commands  ! 
We  would  d- file  our  hearts  no   more, 

No  more  pollute  our  hands. 


Cook  I.  HYMN     CV,     CVI,     CVII.  5^> 


HYMN     CV.      C.  M.  [  %  ] 

'Heaven  Invisible  and  Holy.    1  Cor.  n.  9,  10.  Rev.  XXI  27  > 

1  ]\TOR  eye  hath  seen,  nor  ear  hath  heard, 
■*-^«  Nor  sense  nor  reason  known 

What  joys  die  Father  has  prepared 
For  those,  who  love  the  Son. 

2  But  the  good  Spirit  of  the  Lord 

Reveals  a  heaven  to  come  ; 
The  beams  of  glory  in  Ins  word 
Allure  and  guide  us  home. 
o  Pure  are  the  joys  above  the  sky. 
And  ail  the  region  peace  ; 
No  wanton  lips,  nor  envious  eye 
Can  see  or  taste  the  bliss. 
fy  Those  holy  gates  forever  bar 
Pollution,  sin  and  shame  ; 
None  shall  obtain  admittance  there, 
But  followers  of  the  Lamb, 
5  He  keeps  the  Father's  book  of  life, 
There  all  their  names  are  found  ; 
The  hypocrite  in  vain  shall  strive 
To  tread  the  heavenly  ground. 


HYMN     CVI.       S.  M.  f  ^  j 

Dead  to  Sin  by  the  Cross  of  Christ.     Rom,  Vi.    1,  2,  t>* 
1        ^HALL  we  go  on  to  sin, 

^  Because  thy  grace   abounds  ; 
Or  crucify  the  Lord  again, 
And  open  all  his  wounds  I 
■2       Forbid  it,  mighty  God  ! 
Nor  let  it  e'er  besaid, 
That  we,  whose  sins  are  crucified, 
Should  raise  them  from  the  dead; 
3       We  will  be  slaves  no  more, 
Since  Christ  has  made  us  free, 
Has  nail'd  our  tyrants  to  his  cross, 
And  bought  our  liberty. 

HYMN    CVII.       L.  M.  [  b  ] 

The  Fall  and  Recovery  of  Man  ;  or,  Chris?  and   Satan  ai 
Enmity.     Gen.  in.  1,  15,  17.  Gal.  iv.  4.  Col.  n,  \J\ 

:\   TT^vECEIVED  by  subtle  snares  of  hell, 
***  Adam,  our  head,  our  father,  fell  ; 

B.  I.  B 


-'•'___  HYMN     CVIII,     CIX.  Book  I 

When  Satan,  in   the  serpent  hid, 
Proposed  the  fruit,  which  God  forbid. 

2  Heath  was  the  threatening  :  death  began 
To  take  possession  of  the  man  ; 

ilis  unborn  race  received  the  wound, 
And  heavy  curses  smote  the  ground. 

3  But  Satan  found  a  worse  reward; 
Thus  saith  the  vengeance  oi  the  Lord, 
"  Let  everlasting  hatred  be 

"  Betwixt  the  woman's  seed  and  thee. 

4  «  The  woman's  seed  shall  be  my  Son  ; 

«  He  shall  destroy  what  thou  hast  done.; 
"  Shall  break  thy  head,  and  only  feel 
"Thy  malice  raging  at  his  heel." 

5  (Me  spake — and  bid  four  thousand  years 
Roll  on  ; — at  length  his  Son  appears  ; 
Angels  with  joy  descend  to  earth, 

And  sing  the  young  Redeemer's  birth. 
•6  Lo,  by  the  sons  of  hell  he  dies  I 

But.  as  he  hung  'twixt  earth  and  skies, 
lie  gave  their  prince  a  fatal  blow, 
And  iriumph'd  o'er  the  powers  below.) 


HYMN     CVI11.       S.  JM.  (  *  ) 

Chris*   Unseen  end  Beloved .      1  Pet.  i.  8. 

I       TSd^  I  Wltn  our  roor*3!  eves 
■*-^»    Have  we  beheld  the  Lord  ; 
Yet  we  rejoice  to  hear  his  name, 
And  leve  him  in  his  word. 

£       On  earth  we  want  the  sight 
Of  our  Redeemer's  face  ; 
Yet,  Lord,  our  inmost  thoughts  delight 
To  dwell  upon  thy  grace. 
"3;       And  when  we  taste  thy  love, 
Our  joys  divinely  grow 
Unspeakable,  like  those  above, 
And  heaven  begins  below. 

HYMN    CIX.      L.  M.  (  b  ) 

The  Value  of  Cnms-r  and  his  Righteousness,  Phil,  in  TJpfc 
,}    kjO  more,  my  God,  I  boast  no  more 

JLn  Of  all  the  duties  I  have  done  J 

I  quit  the  hopes  I  held  before) 

To  tvjist  the  merits  of  thy  Sorfi 


Book  I  HYMN     CX,     CXI,  6* 


Now  for  the  love,  I  bear  his  name, 
What  was  my  gain,  I  count  my  loss  ; 
My  former  pride  I  call  my  shame, 
And  nail  my  glory  to  his  cross. 
Yes,  and   I  must  and  will  esteem 
All  things  but  loss  for  Jesus'  sake  ; 
O,  may    my  soul  be  found  in  him, 
And  of  his  righteousness  partake  t 

The  best  obedience  of  my  hands 
Dares  not  appear  before  thy  tin-one  ; 
But  faith  can  answer  thy  demands, 
By  pleading  what  my  Lord  has  done. 


HYMN      CX.        C.    M,  (  *  ) 

Death  and  immediate  Glory*     2  Cor.  v.  1,  5,  8, 

1  mHERL  is  a  house  not  made  with  hands, 
«"•   Eternal,  and  on  high  ; 
And  here  my  spirit  wasting  stands. 
Till  God  shall  bid  it  fly. 
£  Shortly  this  prison  of  my  clay 
Must  be  dissolved  and  fall  ; 
Then.  O  my  soul,  with  joy  obey 
Thy  heavenly  Father's  call. 

3  'Tis  he  by  his  almighty  grace, 

Who  forms  thee  fit  for  heaven  ; 
And  as  an  earnest  of  the  place, 
Has  his  own  Spirit  given. 

4  We  walk  by  faith  of  joys,  to  come, 

Faith  lives  upon  his  word  ; 
But  while  the  body  is  our  home, 
We're  absent  from  the  Lord. 

5  *Tis  pleasant  to  believe  thy  grace. 

But  we  had  rather  see, 
We  would  hi  absent  from  the  flesh, 
And  present,  Lord,  with  thee. 

HYMN     CXI.       C.  M.  (  *  ) 

Salvation  by  Grace.     Titus  in.  3,  T, 

1  (1*  ORD,  we  confess  our  numerous  faults, 
-"-^  How  great  our  guilt  has  been  ! 
Foolish  and  vain  were  all  our  thoughts, 
And  all  our  lives  were  sin. 


62  HYMN     CXU.  Book  I. 


2  But,  O  my  soul,  for  ever  praise, 

For  ever  love  his  name, 
"Who  turns  thy  feet  from  dangerous  ways 
Of  folly,  sin  and  shame.  ) 

3  (  'Tis  not  by  works  of   righteousness, 

Which  on:-  own  hands  have  done  ; 
But  we  are  saved  by  sovereign   grace. 
Abounding  through  his  Som) 

4  'Tis  from  the  mercy  of  our  God 

That  all  our  hopes  begin  ; 
'Tis  by  the  water  and  the  blood 

Our  souls  are  wash'd  from  sin. 
5.  'Tis  through  the  purchase  of  his  death. 

Who  hung  upon  the  tree, 
The  Spirit  is  sent  down  to  breathe 

On  such  dry  bones  as  we. 
6  Raised  from  the  dead  we  live  anew 4 

And,  justified  by  grace, 
We  shall  appear  in  glory  too, 

And  see  our  Father's  face. 


HYMN     CXU.       C.  M.  ( 

The  Brazen  Serpent ;  or,  looking  to  Jesul, 
John,    in.    i4 — Id. 
\  QO  did  the  Hebrew  prophet  raise 
^  The  brazen  serpent  high  ; 
The  wounded  felt  immediate  ease^ 
The  camp  forbore  to  die. 
9  <;  Look  upward  in  the  dying  hour, 
"  And  live,"  the  prophet  cries  ; 
But  Ciuist  performs  a  nobler  cure, 
When  faith  lifts  up  her  eyes. 
5  High  on  the  cross  the  Saviour  hung:, 
High  in  the  heavens  ht  reigns  : 
Here  sinners,  by  tV  old  serpent,  stung, 
Look,  and  forget  their  pains. 
4  When  God's  own  Son  is  lifted  up, 
A  dying  world  revives  ; 
The  Jew  beholds  the  glorious  hope, 
Th'  expiring  Gentile  lives, 


Book  I.       HYMN     CXIII,     CXIV,     CXV. 


HYMN     CXIII.        C.  M.  [  *■  J 

Abraham's  Blessing  on  the  Gentiles.     Gen.  xvii.  7.     Rom.-* 

xv.  8.      Mark  x.  14. 
*  IHT^^  ^arSe  l^e  promise  !  how  divine, 
•*£■"-  To  Abraham  and  his  seed  I 
"  I'll  be  a  God  to  thee  and  thine, 
"  Supplying  all  their  need." 
0  The  words  of  his  extensive  love 
From  age  to  age  endure  ; 
The  angel  of  the  cov'nant  prove- 
And  seals  the  blessing  sure. 

3  Jesus  the  ancient  faith  confirms, 

To  our  great  fathers  given  ; 
He  takes  young  children  to  his  arm 
And  calls  them  heirs  of  heaven. 

4  Our  God,  how  faithful  are  his  ways  1 

His  love  endures  the  same ; 
Nov  from  the  promise  of  his  grace 
Blots  out  the  children's  name. 


HYMN     CXIV.       C.   M.  (  %  ) 

The  Sa?ne,     Romans  xi.  1 6,  IT. 

1  /f~V  ENTILES  by  nature,  we  belong 
^-^  To  the  wild  olive  wood  ; 
Grace  takes  us  from  the  barren  tree; 

And  grafts  us  in  the  good. 

2  With  the  same  blessing  grace  endows 

The  Gentile  and  the  Jew  ; 
If  pure  and  holy  be  the  root, 
Such  are  the  branches  too. 

3  Then  let  the  children  of  the  saints 

Be  dedicate  to  God  ; 
Pour  out  thy  Spirit  on  them,  Lord, 
And  wash  them  in  thy  blood. 

4  Thus  to  the  parents  and  their  seed 

Shall  thy  salvation  come, 
And  numerous  households  meet  at  last 
In  one  eternal  home. 


HYMN     CXVr.       C.  M.  (  5 

Conviction  oj  Sin  by  the  Laiv.     Rom.  vn.  S,  9,  14,  i 

1   IT    ORD,  how  secure  my  conscience  W8Sj 
-^  And  felt  no  inward  dread ! 

B,  I.  E  .2 


HYMN     CXV1. 


I  was  alive  without  the  law, 

And  thought  my  sins  were  dead. 
2  My  hopes  of  heaven  were  firm  and  bright. 
But  since  the  precept  came 

With  a    convincing-  power  and  light, 
I  find  how  vile  I  am. 

S  (  My  guilt  appeared  but  small  before. 
'Till  terribly  I  saw 
How  perfect,  holy,  just  and  pure. 
Was  thine  eternal  law. 
d  Then  felt  my  soul  the  heavy  load, 
My  sins  revived  again  ; 
I  had  provoked  a  dreadful  God, 
And  all  my  hopes  were  slain.) 

5  I'm  like  a  helpless  captive  sold, 

Under  the  power  of  sin  ; 
I  cannot  do  the  good  I  would, 
Nor  keep  my  conscience  clean. 

6  My  God,  I  cry  with  every  breath, 

For  some  kind  power  to  save, 
To  break  the  yoke  of  sin  and  death, 
And  thus  redeem  the  slave. 


HYMN     CXVI.      L.  M.  f  *  J 

Love  to  God  unci  our  A'eig/ibour.     Matt.  xxit.  37 — 40. 
:   ripHUS  saith  the  first,  the  great  command, 
«"-    m  Let  all  thy  inward  powers  unite 
«  To  love  thy  Maker  and  thy  God 
"  With  utmost  vigour  and  delight. 

_  «  Then  shell  thy  neighbour  next  in  place 

"  Share  thine  affection  and  esteem, 

«  And  let  thy  kindness  to  thyself 

«  Measure  and  rule  thy  love  to  him." 

This  is  the  sense,  which  Moses  spoke, 
.     This  did  the  prophets  preach  and  prove  •, 

For  want  of  this  the  law  is  broke, 

And  the  whole  law's  fulfill'd  by  love. 
4  But  O,  how  base  our  passions  are  ! 

H    v  cold  our  charity  and  zeal  ! 

Lord,  fill  our  souls  with  heavenly  fire, 

Or  we  shall  ne'er  perform  thy  will. 


Book  I.  HYMN     CXVIT,     CXVIII.  Itf 


HYMN     CXVII.      L.  M.  (  b   ) 

Election  Sovereign  end  Free     Romans  ix.  21—2-4. 

1  (BEHOLD  the  potter  and  the  clay, 

■^He  forms  his  vessels  as  he  please  ; 
Such  is  our  God.  and  such  are  we, 
The  subjects  of  his  high  decrees. 

2  Doth  not  the  workman's  power  extend 
O'er  all  the  mass,  which  part  to  chooser 
And  mould  it  for  a  nobler  end, 

And  which  to  leave  fov  viler  use  ?) 

3  May  not  the  sovereign  Lord  on  high 
Dispense  his  favours  as  he  will, 
Choose  some  to  life,  while  others  die, 
And  yet  be  just  and  gracious  still  ? 

4  (  What,  if  to  make  his  terrour  known. 
He  lets  his  patience  long  tndure, 
Suffering  vile  rebels  to  go  on, 

And  seai  their  own  destruction  sure  I 

5  What,  if  he  means  to  show  his  grace, 
And  his  electing  love  employs, 

To  mark  out  some  of  mortal  race, 

And  form  them  fit  for  heavenly  joys  !) 
5  Shall  man  reply  against  the  Lord, 

And  call  his  Maker's  ways  unjust, 

The  thunder  of  whose  dreadful  word 

Can  crush  a  thousand  worlds  to  dust  ? 
T   But,  O  my  soul,  if  truth  so  bright, 

Should  dazzle  and  confound  thy  sight, 

Yet  still  his  written  will  obey, 

And  wait  the  great  decisive  day. 
5  Tr;en  shall  he  make  his  justice  known, 

And  the  whole  world,  before  his  throne, 

With  joy  or  terrour  shall  confess 

The  glory  of  his  righteousness. 


HYMN     CXVIII.       S.  M.  (  %  ) 

Moses  and  Christ1;  cr,  Sin  against  the  Law  and  Gos/ieL 
Joim  i.  17.     Heb.  in    3,  5,  6,  and  x.  23,  29. 

PjpHL  law  by  Moses  came; 
-U-    But  peace,  and  truth,  and  love 
Were  brought  by  Christ,   a  nobler  nam?, 
Descending  from  above. 


*6  HYMN     CXIX,     CXX.  Book  I. 


Amidst  the  house  of  God 
Their  different  works  were  done  ; 
Moses,  a  faithful  servant,  stood, 
But  Christ,  a  faithfui  Son 

Tii en  to  his  new  commands 

Be  strict  obedience  paid  ; 
O'er  all  his  Father's  house  he  stands 

The  Sovereign  and  the  Head. 

The  man,  who  durst  despise 

The  law,  which  Moses  brought, 
Behold,    how  terribly  he  dies 
atns  presumptuous  lauit  ! 

But  sorer  vengeanct  falls 

On  that  rebellious  race, 
Who  hate  to  hear  when  Jesus  calls, 

And  dare  resist  his  grace. 


HYMN     CXIX.     C.      M.  (  *  or  fc,  ) 

The  different  Success  of  the  Goefiel.       1  Cor.  i  23,  24 
2  Cor.  ii.  16.      1  Cor.  lit;  6,  7. 

1  /OHRIST  and  his  cross  are  all  our  theme  ; 
^    The  mysteries,  which  we  speak, 

Are  scandal  in  the  Jews  esteem, 
And  folly  to  the  Greek. 

2  But  souls  enlighten'd  from  above, 

With  joy  receive  the  word  ; 
They  see  what  wisdom,  power  and  love 
Shine  in  their  dying  Lord. 

3  The  vital  savour  of  his  name 

Restores  their  fainting  breath  ; 
But  unbelief  perverts  the  same 
To  guilt,  despair  and  death. 

4  Till  God  diffuse  his  graces  down, 

Like  showers  of  heavenly  rain, 
In  vain  Apollos  sows  the  ground, 
And  Paul  may  plant  in  vain. 


HYMN     CXX  C.  M.  [ 

Faith  of  Things  Uuseen.     Heb.  xi.  1,  S,  8,  10. 
TT^Al  HI  is  the  brightest  evidence 
-*-     Of  things  beyond  our  s:ght, 
Breaks  through  the  clouds  of  flesh  and  sense* 

And  dwells  in  heavenly  light. 


Book  I.  HYMN     CXXI,     CXXtl.  6? 


2  It  sets   times  past  in  present  view, 
Brings  distant  prospects  home, 
Of  things  a  thousand  years  ago, 
Or  thousand  years  to  come. 
O  By  faith  we  know  the  worlds  were  made, 
By  God's  almighty  word  : 
Abrah'm,  to  unknown  countries  led> 
By  faith  obey'd  the  Lord. 
4  He  sought  a  city,  fair  and  high, 
Built  by  th'  Eternal  Hands  ; 
And  faith  assures  us,  though  we  die? 
That  heavenly  building  stands. 


* 


HYMN     CXXI.        C.     M.         (  *  ) 
Qhildren  devoted  to  God.      Gen.  xvn,  2,  10.      Acts  xVz. 

11,15,  S3. 
For  those,  who  practise  Infant  Baptism; 

!  HpHUS  saith  the  mercy  of  the  Lord, 
&    ''I'll  be  a  God  to  thee  ; 
."I'll  bless  thy  numerous  race,  and  they 
"  Shali  be  a  seed  for  me." 
•2  Abrah'm  believed  the  promised  grace,. 
And  gave  his  sons  to  God  ; 
But  water  seals  the  blessing  now, 
Which  once  was  seal'd  with  blood. 

3  Thus  Lydia  sanctify'd  her  house, 

When  she   received  the  word  \ 
Thus  the  believing  jailor  gave 
His  household  to  the  Lord. 

4  Thus  later  saints,  Eternal  King, 

Thine  ancient  truths  embrace  ; 
To  thee  their  infant  offspring  bring, 
And  humbly  claim  the  grace. 

HYMN     CXXrX.         L.  M.  (  X<  ) 

Believers  buried  with  Chris?  in  Bafifis??:.  Rom.  VI.  3,  Sec. 

1  TT^O  we  not  know  that  solemn  word, 
■^-^   That  we  are  bnry'd  with  the  Lord  J 
Baptized  into  his   death,  and  then 

Put  off  [he  body  of  our  sin  ? 

2  Our  souls  receive  diviner  breath, 
Raised  from  corruption,  guilt,  and  death. ; 


G'S  HYMN    CXXIII,    C  B< 


So  from  the  grave  did  Christ  :• 
And  lives  to  God  above  the  sk 
o  No  more  let  sin  or  Satan  r 
Over  our  mortal  flesh  again  ; 
The  various  lusts  we  set  . 
Shall  have  dominion  now  no  more. 


HYMN     CXXIII.       C    M. 
The  Refienting  Prodigal.     Luke    .  .   I    j 
Jj  TOEHOLD  the  wretch,  whose  lust  and 
-"^   Has  wasted  his  estate  ; 
lie  begs  a  share  among  the  swine, 
To  taste  the  husks  they  cat  ! 

5  "  I  die  with  hunger  here,"  he  cries  ; 

M  I  starve  in  foreign  lands  ; 
<l  My  Father's    house  has  large  supplies,, 
11  And  bounteous  are  his  hands. 

3  <;  I'll  go.,  and  with  a  mournful   tongue 

"Fail  down  before  his  face  ; 
a  Father,  I've  done  thy  justice  wrong; 
"Nor  can  deserve  thy  grace." 

4  He  said — and  hastened    to  his  home, 

To  seek  his  Father's  love  ; 
The  Father  saw  the  rebel  come, 
And  all  h:s  bowels  move. 
V  II j  ran  and  fell  upon  his  neck, 
Embraced  and  kiss'd   his  son  ; 
The  rebel's  heart  with  sorrow  brake, 
For  follies  he  had  done. 

6  "  Take  off  his  clothes  of  shame  and  sin,? 

(The  Father  gives  command) 
"  Dress  him  in  garments  white  and  cleans 
<;  With  rings  adorn  his  hand. 

7  "  A  day  of  feasting  I  ordain  ; 

*<  Let  mirth  and  joy  abound  ; 
(;  My  son  was  dead,  and  lives  again, 
k  Was  lost,  and  now  is  found  I" 


HYMN     CXX1V.        L.  M.  (  &  ) 

The  First  and  Second  J  dam.     Rom.  V.    12,  &q. 
EEP  in  the  dust,  before  thy  throne, 
Our  guilt  and  our  disgrace  we  «wn  : 


3',ook  I.  HYMN    CXXV.  69 

Great  God  !   we  own  th*  unhappy  name, 
Whence  sprung  our  nature  and  our  shame. 

2  Adam,  the  sinner  ;  at  h'S  fall, 
Death,  like  a  conqueror,  seized  us  all  ; 
A  thousand  new-born  babes  aie  dead, 
By  fatal  union  to  their  head. 

3  But  whilst  our  spirits,  fill'd  with  awe. 
Behold  the  terrors  of  thy  law, 

We  sing  the    honours  of  thy  grace, 
Which  sent  to  save  our  ruin'd  race 

4  We  sing  thine  everlasting  Son, 
Who  jom'd  our  nature  to  his  own  ; 
Adam,  the   second,  from  the  dust 
Raises  the  ruins  of  the  first. 

5  By  the  rebellion  of  one  man, 
Through  all  his  seed  '.he  mischief  ran  $ 
And  by  one  man's  obedience  now, 

Are  all  Ins  seed  made  righteous  too. 

6  Where  sin  did  reign  and  death  abound. 
There  have  the  sons  of  Adam  found 
Abounding  life  ; — there  glorious  grace 
Reigns  through  the  Lord,  our  righteousness. 


HYiMN     CXXV.       C.  M.  (  &  ) 

Christ's  Compassion  en  the  ivcak  and  temfited.     Heb.  IV. 
15,  16.  and  v.  7.     Matt.  xn.  20. 

^  y    Of  our  High  Priest  above  ; 
His  heart  is  made  of  tendernessj. 
His  bowels  melt  with  love. 

3  Touch'd  with  a  sympathy  within, 

He  knows  our  feeble  frame  ; 
He  knows  what  sore  temptations  mean, 

For  he  has  felt  the  same. 
.3  B'\t  spotless,  innocent  and  pure 

The  great  Redeemer  stood, 
When  Satan's  fiery  darts  he  bore} 

And  did  resist  to  blood. 

4  He,  in  the  days  ot  feeble  flesh, 

Pour'd  out  his  cries  and  tears, 
And  m  his  measure  feels  afresh 
What  every  member  bears. 


ro 


HYMN    cxxvr,    CXXVII. 


Book  J, 


(  He'll  never  quench  tnc  smoking  flax, 

But   rai.se   it  to  a  flame  ; 
The  bru  bed  reed  he  never  breaks, 

Nor  scorns  the  meanest  name.) 
Then  let  our  humble  faith  address 

H;s  mercy  and  his  power  ; 
We  shall  obtain  delivering  giace 

In  ihe  distressing  hour. 


HYMN     CXXVI.         L.     M. 
Charity  and  Uncharitablenesa.       Rom.  xiv 

1  Cor    x.   32, 
TVTOT  different  food  nor  different*dress 
■*-^    Compose  the  kingdom  of  our  Lord  ; 
But  peace,  and  joy,  and  righteousness, 
Faith,  and  obedience  to  his  word. 
When  weaker  Christians  we  despise, 
We  do  the  gospel  mighty  wrong  ; 
For  Godr  the  gracious  and  the  wise, 
Receives  the  feeble'  with  the  strong. 

Let  pride  and  wrath  be  "banisli'd  hence, 
Meekness  and  love  our  souls  pursue  ; 
Nor  shall  our  practice  give  offence 
To  saints,  the  Gentile,  or  the  Jew. 


f  *] 

17,  19". 


HYMN     CXXVII  L.     M.        ( 

(Jurists  Invitation  to    Sinners  ;  c?%    Humility  and 
Matt.  xi.  28 — 30. 
jOME  hither,  all  ye  weary  souls, 
Ye  heavy  laden  sinners  come  : 
88  I'll  give  you  rest  from  all  your  toils, 
88  And  raise  you  to  my  heavenly  home. 
"They  shall  find  rest,  who  learn  of  me  ;• 
88  I'm  of  a  meek  and  lowly  mind  ; 
81  But  passion  rages,  like  the  sea, 
88  And  pride  is  restless,  as  the  wind. 

<k  Blest  is  the  man,   whose  shoulders  take 
«  My  yoke,  and  bear  it  with  delight  ; 
'■  My  yoke  is  easy  to  his  neck, 
t;My  grace  shall  make  the  burden  light." 
Jesus,  we  come  at  thy  command  ; 
With  faith,  and  hope,  and  humble  zeal 
Resign  our  spirits  to  thy  hand, 
To  mould  and  guide  us  at  thy  will. 


*  ) 
Prtfk 


Book  T.  HYMN    CXXVUT,    CXXIX.  7\ 


HYMN     CXXVIII.       L.  M.  [  %  ) 

27ic  d/iostles1  Commission  j  or,  the  Gcs/iel  attested  by  Mir- 
acles.      Mark  xvi    15.  &c.     Matt    xxvm.  18,  Sec. 
1  "4  1  O,  preach  my  gospel,"  saith  the  Lord  ; 
^^*  "  Bd  the  whole  earth  my  grace  receive  : 
11  He  shall  be  saved,  who  trusts  my  word  ; 
"  He  shall  be  damn'd,  who  won't  believe. 
5  ("  1*11  make  your  great  commission  known, 
"  And  ye  shall  prove  my  gospel  true, 
"  By  all  the  works  which  I  have  done, 
"  By  ail  the  wonders  ye  shall  do. 

3  "  Go,  heal  the  sick,  go,  raise  the  dead, 
"  Go,  cast  out  devils  in  my  name  ; 

"  Nor  let  my  prophets  be  afraid, 

"  Though  G leeks  reproach,  and  Jews  blaspheme.) 

4  "Teach  all  the  nations  my  commands  ; 
«  I'm  with  you  till  the  world  shall  end ; 
"  All  power  is  trusted  in  my   hands  ; 

"  I  can  destroy,  and  I  defend." 

5  He  spake,  and  light  shone  round  his  head  ; 
On  a  bright  cloud  to  heaven  he  rode: 
They  to  the  farthest  nations  spread 

The  grace  of  their  ascended  God. 


HYMN     CXXIX.       L.  M.  f  %  ] 

Submission  and  Deliverance  ;  or.  Abraham  offering  his  Son. 
Gen,  xxn.  6.  Sec. 

1  QAINTS,  at  your  heavenly  Father's  word, 
Y  Give  up  your  comforts  to  the  Lord  ; 

lie  shall  restore  what  you  resign, 
Or  grant  you  blessings  more  divine. 

2  So  Abrah'm.  with  obedient  hand, 
Led  forth  his  son  at  God's  command  ; 
The  wood,  the  fire,  the  knife  he  took, 
His  arm  prepared  the  dreadful  stroke. 

3  «  Abrah'm,  forbear,"  the  angel  cried  ; 

11  rhy  faith  is  known,  thy  love  is  tried  ; 

"Thy  son  shall  live,  and' in  ihy  seed 

u  Shall  the  whole  earth  be  bless'd  indeed." 

4  Just  in  the  last  distressing  hour 
The  Lord  displays  delivering  power; 
The  mount  of  danger  is  tht  piace 
Where  we  shall  see  surprising  grace. 

B.  I.  fi 


HYMN  CXXX,  CXXXT,  CXXXII.      Cook  I. 


HYMN     C.XXX.      L.  M.  (  b  ) 

t,ove  an  Phil.  n.  2.     Eph.  iv.  30,  kc. 

NOW  by  the  bov.^I:>  of  my  God, 
His  sharp  distress,  his  sore  complaints, 
I}y  his  <ast  groans,  his  dying  blood, 
1  charge  my  soul  to  love  the  saints. 
Clamour,  and  wrath,  and  war,  be  gone  ! 
Envy  and  spite  forever  cease  ! 
Let  bitter  words  no  more  be  known. 
Among  the  saints,  the  sons  of  peace. 
The  Spirit,  like  a  peaceful  dove, 
Flies  from  the  realms  of  noise  and  strife; 
Why  should  we  vex  and  grieve  h  s  love, 
Who  seals  our  souls  to  heavenly  hie  ! 
Tender  and  kind  be  all  our  thoughts  ; 
Through  all  par  lives  let  mercy  run  : 
So  God  forgives  our  numerous  faults, 
For  the  dear  sake  of  Christ,  his  Son. 


HYMN     CXXXI.       L,  M.  f  »  or  b   ) 

The  Pharisee  and  Publican.     Luke  xviii.  10,  &cc. 

1  TTSEHOLD,  how  sinners  disagree, 
-^  The  publican  and  pharisee  ; 

One  doth  his  righteousness  proclaim, 
The  other  owns  bis  guilt  and  shame. 

2  This  man  at  humble  distance  stands, 
And  cries  for  grace  with  lifted  hands  ; 
That  boldly  rises  near  the  throne, 
And  talks  of  duties  he  has  done. 

3  The  Lord  their  different  language  knows, 
And  different  answers  he  bestows  ; 

The  humble  soul  with  grace  lie  crowns, 
Whilst  on  the  proud  his  anger  frowns. 

4  Dear  Father,  let  me  never  be 
Joni'd  with  the  boasting  pharisee  ; 
I  have  no  merits  of  my  own.. 

But  plead  the  sufferings  of  thy  Son. 


HYMN     CXXXlI.       L.  M.  [  %  ] 

Holiness  and  Grace,     Titus  n,  10 — 13. 
-ess 


CO  let  our  !  ps  and  lives  expres 
^  The  holy  gospel  we  profess; 


Book  I.  HYMN     CXXXIII. 

So  kit  our  works  and  virtues  shine, 
To  prove  the  doctrine  all  divine. 
2  Thus  shall  we  best  proclaim  abroad 
The  honours  of  our  Saviour,  God  ; 
When  the  salvation  reigns  within, 
And  grace  subdues  the  power  oi  sin. 

0  Our  flesh  and  sense  must  be  denied, 
Passion  and  envy,  lust  and  pride  ; 
While  justice,  temperance,  truth  and  love, 
Our  inward  piety  approve. 

4  Religion  bears  our  spirits  up, 

While  we  expect  that  blessed  hope, 
The  bright  appearance  of  Ue  Loid, 
And  faith  stands  leaning  on  his  word. 

HYMN     CXXXIII.      C.   M.  f  fr 

Love  and  Charity.      1  Cor,  xiii.  2— 7j  13. 

1  "IT  ET  pharisees  of  high  esteem 
-^  Their  foith  and  z^al  declare, 
AH  their  religion  is  a  dream, 

If  love  be  wanting  there. 

2  Love  suffers  long  with  patient  eye. 

Nor  is  provoked  in  haste  ; 

She  lets  the  present  injury  die, 

And  long  forgets  the  past. 

3  (  Malice  and  rage,  those  fires  of  heli, 

She  quenches  with  her  tongue  j 

Hopes  an<i  believes,  and  thinks  no  ill, 

Though  she  endures  the  wrong.) 

4  (  She  nor  desires  nor  seeks  to  know 

The  scandals  of  the  time  ; 
Nor  looks  with  pride  on  those  below, 
Nor  envies  those  who  climb.) 

5  She  lays  her  own  advantage  by, 

To  seek  her  neighbour's  goods 

So  God's  own  Son  came  down  to  die, 

And  bought  our  lives  with  blood. 

6  Love  is  the  grace,  which  keeps  her  power 

In  all  the  realms  above  ; 
There  faith  and  hope  are  known  no  more, 
But  saints  forever  love. 


74     HYMN  CXXXIV,  CXXXV,  CXXXVI.    Book  L 


HYMN     CXXXiV.       L.   M.  [  *  ] 

Religion  vain  without  L'/ve.      1  Cor.  xnr.  1 9. 

i  TUT  AD  I  the  tongues  of  Greeks  and  Jews, 

•"-"-  And  nobler  speech  than  angels  use, 

Iflove  be  absent,  I  am  found 

Like  tinkling  brass,  an  empty  sound. 
3   Were  I  inspired  to  preach  and  tell 

All  thnt  is  done  in  heaven  and  hell  ; 

Or  could  my  faith  the  world  remove, 

Still  I  am  nothing  without  love- 

3  Should  I  distribute  all  my  store, 
To  feed  the  bowels  of  the  poor  ; 
Or  give  my  body  to  the  flame 

To  gain  a  martyr's  glorious  name  ; 

4  Tf  love  to  God  and  love  to  men 
Be  absent,  all  my  hopes  are  vain  : 
Nor  tongues,  nor  gifts,  hoi  fiery  zsal 
The  work  of  love  can  e'er  fujfii. 


HYMN     CXXXV.       L.  M.  (  $  ) 

The  Love  of  Christ  shed  abroad  in  the  Heart. 
Eph   in.  !6    &c. 

1  ^OME,  dearest  Lord,  descend  and  dwell, 
^  By  faith  and  love  in  every  breast  ; 
Then  shall  we  know,  and  taste,  and  feel 
The  joys,  which  cannot  be  exptess'd. 

2  Co -lie,  fill  our  hearts  with  inward  strength, 
Make  our  enlarged  souls  possess. 

And  learn  the  height,  and  breadth,  and  length 
Of  thine  immeasurable  grace. 

3  Now  to  'he  God,  whose  power  can  do 
More  than  our  thoughts  and  wishes  know, 
Be  everlasting  honours  done, 

By  all  the  church,  through  Christ  his  Son. 

HYMN     CXXXVI.       C.  M.  ( 

Sincerity  and  Hypocrisy  ;  or.  Formality  in  Worship, 
John  iv    24.     Psalm  exxxix.  23,  24, 

I    fjT**  OD  is  a  spirit,  just  and  wist, 
^-^  He  sees  our  inmost  mind  ; 
In  vain  to  heaven  we  raise  our  cries, 
And  leave  our  souls  behind. 


goo*  r.        HYMN  CXXXVII,  CXXXVIII, 


2  Nothing  but  truth  before  his  throne, 
With  honour  can  appear  : 
The  painted  hypocrites  are  known 
Through  the  disguise  they  wear. 
■3  Theit  lifted  eyes  salute  the  skies, 
Their  b  ndn.g  knees  the  ground  ; 
But  God  abhors  the  sacrifice 
Wnere  not  the  heart  ;s  found. 
4  Lord,  search  my  thoughts   and  try  my  wavs, 
vnd  make  my  sou!  sincere  ; 
Then  shall  I  stand  before  thy  Lee, 
And  find  acceptance  there. 


HYMN     CXXXVII.       L.  M.  (  *  ) 

Salvation  by  Grace  in  Cams*.     2  Tim.  r,  9,  10; 

1  NF°W  t0  the  Power  of  Go^  supreme 
-1-"    Be  everlasting  honours  given  ; 

He  saves  from  hell,  (_  we  bless  his  name  ) 

He  calls  our  wandering  feet  to  heaven. 

2  Not  for  our  duties  or  deserts, 
But  of  his  own  abounding  grace, 
He  works  Solvation  in  our  hearts. 
And  forms  a  people  for  his  praise. 

3  'Twas  his  own  purpose,  which  begun 
To  rescue  rebels  doom'd  to  cie  ;  ' 
He  gave  us  grace  in  Christ  his  Son-, 
Before  he  spread  the  starry  sky. 

4  Jesus,  the  Lord,  appears  at  last, 

And  makes  his  Father's  counsels  known"; 
Declares  the  great  transactions  past, 
And  brings  immortal  blessings  down. 

5  He  dies  !  and  in  that  dreadful  night 
I)  d  all  the  powers  of  hell  destroy  ; 
Rising,  he  brought  our  heaven  to  light, 
And  took  possession  of  the  joy. 

HYMN     CXXXViTl       C.  M.  [  g  ] 

Saints  in  the  Hand*  of  (Jnuizr.     John  x,  28.  £9 

1   Ii?!R.M  as  the  earth  lh>'  gospel  slauds,  * 

^    My  Lord,  my  hope,  my  trust  ; 

11  I  am  found  in  Jesus'  bands, 
My  soul  can  ne'er  be  I 
%  I.  &  2 


<76  HYMN     CXXX1X,     CXL.  Book  I, 


2  His  honour  is  engaged  to  save 

The  meanest  of  lus  sheep  ; 
All  whom  his  heavenly  Father  gave. 
His  hands  securely  keep. 

3  Nor  death  nor  hell  shall  e'er  remove 

His  favourites  from  his  breast ; 
In  the  dear  bosom  of  his  love 
They  must  forever  rest. 


HYMN     CXXXIX.       L.  Ml  (  &  ) 

Uo/ie  in  the  Covenant ;  cr*  God's  Promise  and   Truth  un- 
changeable.    Heb   vi.   17 — 19. 

1  TOOW  oft  have  sin  and  Satan  strove 
•**•-'*■  To  rend  my  soul  from  thee,  my  God  I 
But  everlasting  is  thy  love, 

And  Jesus  seals  it  with  his  blood. 

2  The  oath  and  promise  of  the  Lord 

Jo  n  to  confirm  the  wonderous  grace  ; 
Eternal  power  performs  the  word, 
And  fills  all  heaven  with  endless  praise, 
2  Amidst  temptations  sharp  and  Iohgj 
My  soul  to  this  dear  refuge  flies  ; 
Hope  is  my  anchor,  firm  and  strong, 
While  tempests  blow,  and  billows  Pifce. 

At  The  gospel  bears  my  spirit  up  ; 
A  faithful  and  unchanging  God 
Lays  the  foundation  for  my  hope, 
In  oaths,  and  promises,  and  blood. 


HYMN     CXL.      C.  M.  [  *  ] 

J  Living  end  a   Lead    Faith;     Collected    from    several 
Scriptures. 

1  TV/ttISTAKEN  souls!  who  dream  of  heaven, 
■l**"-  And  make  their  empty  boast 

Of  inward  joys,  and  sins  forrnven, 
While  they  are  slaves  to  hist. 

2  Vain  are  our  fancies,  airy  flights, 

if  faith  be  cold  and  dead  ; 
None  but  a  living  power  unites 
To  Christ,  the  living  head. 
S  'Tis  faith  which  changes  all  the  heart; 
'Tis  faith,  which  works  by  love  ; 


Book  I.  HYMN     CXLL  7? 


Which  bids  all  sinful  joys  depart, 
And  lifts  the  thoughts  above. 

4  'Tis  faith  which  conquers  earth  and  hell 

By  a  celestial  power  ; 
This  is  t  :e  grace,  which  shall  prevail 
In  the  decisive  hour. 

5  (Faith  must  obey  her  Father's  will, 

As  well  as  trust  his  grace  ; 
A  pardoning  God  is  jealous  still 
For  his  own  holiness. 

6  When  from  the  curse  he  sets  us  free, 

He  makes  our  natu  es  clean  ; 
Nor  would  he  send  his  bun  to  be 
The  minister  of  sin 

7  His  Spirit  purifies  our  frame, 

And  seals  our  peace  with  God  : 
Jesus  and  his  salvation  came 
By  water  and  by  blood.) 


HYMN     CXLL       S.  M.  [  fc   \ 

The  Humiliation  and  hxal'a'ion  of  Cunisr. 
Isa.  liii.   I — 5,  10—12. 

"O^TflO  has  behe\ed  thy  word, 
^*     Or  thy  salvation  known  ? 
Reveal  thine  arm,  Almighty  Lord; 
And  glorify  thy  Son. 

The  JeWs  esteem'd  him  h.ere 

Too  mean  for  their  belief: 
Sorrows  his  chief  acquaintance  were, 

And  his  companion,  gr.ef. 

They  turn'd  their  eyes  away, 

And  treated  him  with  scorn  ; 
But  'twas  their  griefs  upon  him  lay, 

Their  sorrows  he  has  borne. 

'Twas  for  the  stubborn  Jews, 

And  Geiv.iles  then  unknown. 
The  God  of  just  <c  £FeasV<l  to  bruise 

His  best  beloved  'Sow. 

M  But  Fil  prolong  his  days,  / 

if  And  make  his  kingdom  stand  ; 
ir  My  pleasure,"  saith  the  God  of  grace? 

"  Shall  prosper  i:i  his  hand, 


78  HYMN     CXLIL     CXLTTI.  Book  I. 


"i       [*•  His  j  >yful  s  )-ii  s  \,\\\  sec 
"  Tiie  purchase  of  his  piin, 
"  And  by  .us  knowledge  justify 
"  I"  ie  guilty  sons  of  men.) 
1       4k  Ten  thousand  capttre  slaves, 
"  Released  IVow  death  ai  d  sin, 
M  Shall  quit  their  prisons  and  their  graves, 
'»  And  own  his  power  divine 
3       (u  Heaven  shall  advance  my  Son 
"  CV)  j  )/s    x  i  ch  i'arth  Mem  ;d  ; 
"  XV  io  saw  the  follies  me.i  had  done, 
"  And  bore  their  sins,  and  died.") 

HYMN     CXLII.       S.  M.  [  fe  ] 

jT/ji"  &M»<r.      Isa.  Lin    6 — 12. 
p      7T  IKE  sheep  we  went  astray, 
-^  And  broke  the  Ibid  of  God  j 
Each  wandering  in  a  different  way, 
But  all  the  downward  road. 
£       How  dreadful  was  the  hour, 

When  God  our  wanderings  la-d, 
And  did  at  once  his  vengeance  paur 
Upov.  the  Shepherd's  head  ! 
a       How  glorious  was  the  grace, 

When  Christ  sustain'd  the  stroke  * 
His  life  and  blood  the  Shepherd  pays, 
A  ransom  for  the  flock. 
&       His  honour  and  his  breath 
Were  taken  quite  away  ; 
Join'd  with  the  wicked  in  his  death* 
And  made  as  vile,  as  they. 
$       But  God  shall  raise  his  head 
O  er  all  the  sons  of  men, 
And  make  him  see  a  numerous  sued, 
To  recompense  his  pa.n. 
6       "  I'll  give  him,"  saiih  the  Lord, 
"  A  portion  With  the  strong  ; 
il  He  shall  possess  a  large  reward, 
"  And  hold  h.s  honours  long  " 

HYMN   CXU1L       cTm.  f  x  ] 

Characters  of  he  Children  c/God  ;  from  several  scripture^. 
|     a  S  new-born  babes  desire  the  breast, 
**  To  iced,  and  gi'OWj  and  tunic  j 


Book  I.  HYMN     CXLTV.  TV 


bo  saints  with*joy  the  gospel  taste, 

And  by  the  gospel  live. 
%  (  With  inward  gust  their  heart  approve* 

All  which  the  word  relates  ; 
They  love  the  men  their  Father  loves* 

And  hate  the  works  he  hates.) 

3  (Not  all  the  flattering  baits  on  earth 

Can  make  them  slaves  to  lust ; 
They  can't  forget  their  heavenly  birth. 
Nor  grovel  in  the  dust. 

4  Not  all  the  chains  which  tyrants  use 

Shall  bind  their  souls  to  vice  ; 
Faith,  like  a  conqueror,  can  produce 
A  thousand  victories.) 

5  ( Grace   like  an  uncorrupted  seed,. 

Abides  and  reigns  within  ; 
Immortal  principles  forbid 
The  sons  of  God  to  sin.) 

6  (  Not  by  the  terrors  of  a  slave 

Dotuey  perform  his  will  ; 
But  with  the  nob'est  powers  they  have 
His  sweet  commands  fulfil.) 

7  They  find  access,  at  every  hour, 

To  God,  wtthiii  the  vail  ; 
Hence  thy  derive  a  quickening  power, 

And  joys,  which  never  fail. 
S  O,  happy  souls  !   O.  glorious  slate 

Of  overflowing  grace  ! 
To  dwell  so  near  their  Father's  seat, 

And  see  his  lovely  face. 

9  Lord,  1  address  thy  heavenly  throne  y 

Call  me  a  child  of  thine  ; 
Send  down  the  Spirit  of  thy   Son 
To  form  my  heart  divine. 

10  There  shed  thy  choicest  loves  abroad, 

And  make  my  comforts  strong: 
Then  shall  I  say,  '*  My  Father  God," 
With  an  unwavering  tongue 

HYMN     CXLIV.       C    M.  f  %  ) 

The  Witnessing  and  Sealing  S/iirit.     Rom.  viir,      Lph.  I, 
lv  \$J  HY  should  the  children  of  a  King 
"    Go  mourning  all  their  days  I 


HYMN    CXLV.  Book  I. 


Great  Comforter,  descend  and  bring 
S  .in    tokens  of  thy  grace. 
2  Dost  thou  not  dwell  in  all  thy  saints, 
told  seal  the  heirs  of  heaven  ? 
When  wilt  thou  b.mish  my  complaints, 
And  show  my  sins  forgiven  ? 
6  Assure  my  conscience  of  her  part 
In  the  Redeemer's  biood  ; 
And  bear  thy  w.tness  With  my  heart, 
That  I  am  born  of  God. 
4  Thou  art  the  earnest  of  his  love, 
The  pledge  ot  joys  to  come  ; 
And  thy  soft  wings,  celestial  Dove, 
Will  safe  convey  mz  home. 


HYMN     CXLV.       C.   M.  [  «  ] 

Ctmisr  and  Jurov  ;  taken  from  lleb.  vn,  and  ix. 
.1    "JTliSUS,  m  thee  our  eyes  behold 
**    A  thousand  glories  more 
Than  the  rich  gems  and  polish'd  gold 
The  sons  ot  Aaron  wore. 

3  They  first  their  owi  burnt-offerings  brought, 
To  purge  themselves  from  sin  ; 
Thy  life  was  pure  without  a  spot, 
And  all  thy  nature  clean. 

3  Fresh  blood,  as  constant  as  the  day, 

Was  on  their  altar  spilt  ; 
But  thy  one  offering  takes  away 
Forever,  all  our  guilt. 

4  Their  priesthood  ran  through  several  hand-. 

For  mortal  was  their  race; 
Thy  never-changing  office  stands 
Eternal  as  thy  days. 

5  Once,  in  the  c  rcuit  of  a  year, 

With  blood,  but  not  his  own, 
Aaron  within  the  vail  appears 
Before  the  golden  throne. 

6  But  Christ,  by  Ills' own   powerful  blood, 

Ascends  above  the  skies. 
And  in  the  presence  of  our  God 
Shows  ins  own  sacrifice. 

7  Jesus,  the  King  of  Glorv,  reigns 

On  Zion's  heavenly  hill, 


Book  I.  HYMN     CXLVI.  SI 


Looks  like  a  Lamb,  that  has  been  slain, 
And  wears  his  priesthood  still. 

He  ever  lives  to  intercede 
B  fore  his  Father's  fece  : 

Give  him.  my  son!,  thy  cause  to  plead. 
Not'  doubt  the  Father's  grace. 


HYMN     CXLVI.       L.   M.  [  g  ] 

Characters  of  Chris*  borr   %ued  from  Inanimate   things  i% 
Scr./irure. 

1  f^  O  worship  at  Emmanuel's  feet, 

'^-E"  See  in  his  face  what  wonders  meet  2 
Earth  is  too  narrow  to  express 
His  worth,  his  glory,  or  Ins  grace. 

2  The  whole  creation  can  afford 

B-it  some  faint  snadowa  of  my  Lord  ; 
Nature,  to  make  his  beauties  known, 
Mast  mingle  colours  not  her  own. 

3  Is  he  compared  to  wine  or  bread  ? 
Dear  Lord,  our  souls  would  thus  be  fed  : 
That  flesh,  that  dying  blood  of  thine, 

Is  bread  of  life,  is  heavenly  wine. 

4  (  Is  he  a  tree  ?  the  world  receives 
Salvation  from  his  healing  leaves  : 

That  righteous  branch,  that  fru  tful  bough* 
Is  David's  root  and  offspring  too.) 

5  ( Is  he  a  rose?  not  Sharon  yields 
Such  fragrancy  in  all  her  fields  : 
Or  if  the  lily  he  assume, 

The  vallies  bless  the  rich  perfume.) 

6  (Is  he  a  vine  ?   his  heavenly  root 
Supplies  the  boughs  with  life  and  fruit; 
O.  let  a  lasting  union  join 

My  soul  to  Christ,  the  living  vine  !) 

7  (Is  he  the  head  ?  each  member  lives, 
And  owns  the  vital  powers  he  gives  ; 
Tiie  saints  below,  and  saints  above, 
Join'd  by  his  Spirit,  and  his  love.) 

8  (  Is  he  a  fountain  ?  there  I  bathe, 
And  heal  the  plague  of  sin  and  death  : 
These  waters  ail  my  soul  renew, 

And  cleanse  nay  spoiled  garments  too.) 


HYMN     CXLVI.  Boo] 


9  (  Is  he  a  fire  ?  he'll  purge  my  dross; 
But  the   Liu.    gold  sustains  no  loss; 
Like  a  rtfiner shall  ht  sit, 

And  tread  the  refuse  with  his  feet.) 

10  yjs  he  a  rock  ?  how  firm  lie  proves  ! 
The  Hock  of  Ages  never  moves  I 

Yet  the  sweet  streams  which  from  him  flow, 
Attend  us  all  tiie  desert  through.) 

il  (Is  he  a  way  ?  he  leads  to  God  ; 

The  path  is  drawn  m  imes  of  blood; 
There  would  I  walk,  with  hope  and  zeal, 
Till  1  arrive  at  Z ion's  hill.) 

12  (    s  he  a  door?    I'll  enter  in  : 
Behold,  the  pastures  large  and  green  ; 
A  paradise —  livinely  fair  ; 

None  but  the  sheep  nave  freedom  there.) 

13  (Is  he  designed  the  corner  stone, 

For  men  to  build  their  heaven  upon  ? 
I'll  make  him  my  foundation  too, 
Nor  fear  the  plot  sjof  hell  below.) 

14  (Is  he  a  temple  ?   I  adore 

Th'  indwelling  majesty  and  power  ; 
A  id  still  to  his  mosi  holy  place, 
Whene'er  I  pray,  I'll  turn  my  face.) 

15  (  Is  he  a  star  ?  he  breaks  the  night, 
Piercing  the  shades  with  dawning  light  ; 
I  know  his  glories  from  afar, 

I  know  the  bright,  the  morning  star.) 

16  (Is  he  a  sun?   his  beams  are  grace, 
His  course  is  joy  and  righteousness: 
Nations  rejoice,  when  he  appears 

To  chase  their  clouds,  and  dry  their  tears.) 

\7  O,  let  me  climb  those  higher  skies, 

Where  storms  and  darkness  never  rise  : 
There  he  displays  his  powers  abroad, 
And  shines,  and  reigns,  th'  incarnate  God  ! 

IS  \or  earth,  nor  seas,  nor  sun,  nor  stars, 
Nor  heaven  his  full  resemblance  bears  ; 
JTis  beauties  We  can  never  trace, 
Till  we  behold  him  face  to  face. 


Book  I.         HYMN     CXLVII,    CXLVU1.  S3 


HYMN     CXLVII.       L.  M.  (  $  ) 

The  A'amcs  and  Titles  of  Chris? ;  from  several  Scriptures 

1  (VjpiS  from  the  treasures  of  his  word 

•"■    I  borrow  titles  for  my  Lord  ; 
Nor  art  nor  nature  can  supply- 
Sufficient  forms  of  majesty.. 

2  Bright  image  of  the  Father's  face, 
Shining  with  undimii  isl.'d  rays  j 
TV  eternal  God's  eternal  Son, 
The  heir  and  partner  of  his  throne.) 

3  The  King  of  Kings,  the  Lord  most  high. 
Writes  his  own  name  upon  his  thigh  : 
He  wears  a  garment  d.pp'd  in  Mood, 
And  breaks  the  nations  with  his  rod. 

4  Where  grace  can  neither  melt  nor  move, 
The  Lamb  resents  his  injured  love  ; 
Awakes  his  wrath  without  delay, 

And  Judah's  Lion  tears  the  prey. 

5  But  when  for  works  of  peace  he  comes, 
What  winning  titles  he  assumes  ! 

4i  Light  of  the  world  and  Life  of  men  ;'" 

Nor  bears  those  characters  in  vain. 
■6  With  tender  pity  in  his  heart, 

He  acts  the  Mediator's  part ; 

A  friend  and  brother  he  appears, 

And  well  fulfils  the  names  he  wears. 
7  At  Length  the  Judge  his  throne  ascends, 

Divides  the  rebels  from  his  friends, 

And  saints  in  full  fruition  prove 

His  rich  variety  of  love. 

HYMN     CXLVII  I.       H,  M.  [  *  J 

"  The  Same. 

1       ^  VVIT^  cheerful  voice  I  sin? 
w    The  titles  of  my  Lord," 
And  borrow  ail  the  names 
Of  honour  from  his  word. 
Nature  nor  art  Can  e'er  supply 

Sufficient  forms  Of  majesty. 

■2       In  Jesus  we  behold 

His  Father's  glorious  face, 
Shining  forever  bright 
B.  I.  H 


34  HYMN     CXLIX.  Book  I, 


With  mild  and  lovely  rays 
Tlv  eternal  God's  Eternal  Son 

Inherits  and  Partakes  the  throne.  ) 

'3       The  sovereign  King  of  Kings, 
The  Lord  of  Lords  most  high, 
Writes  his  own  name  upon 
His  garment  and  his  thigh. 
His  name  is  call'd         "  The  Won!  of  GodV 
He  rules  the  earth       With  iron  rod. 
4.      Where  promises  and  grace 
Can  neither  melt  nor  move, 
The  angry  Lamb  resents 
The  injuries  of  his  love  ; 
Awakes  his  wrath  Without  delays 

As  lions  roar  And  tear  the  prey: 

5       But  when  for  works  of  peace 
The  great  Redeemer  comes. 
What  gentle  characters, 
What  titles  he  assumes  ! 
<c  Light  of  the  world,         "  And  Life  of  men  ;'3 
Nor  will  he  bear  Those  names  m  vain* 

-6       Immense  compassion  reigns 
In  our  Emmanuel's  heart, 
When  he  descends  to  act 
A  Mediator's  part. 
He  is  a  friend,         And  brother  too  ^ 
Divinely  hind,         Divinely  true. 
7       At  length  the  Lord,  the  Judge,. 
His  awful  throne  ascends, 
And  drives  the  rebels  far 
From  favourites  and  friends? 
Then  shall  the  saints  Completely  prove 

The  heights  and  depths         Of  all  his  love. 


HYMN     CXLIX.      L.  M.  f  #  ] 

The  Offices  of  Chris? ;  from  several   Scripture^. 

I    TTOIN  all  the  names  of  love  and  power, 

*$  Which  ever  man  or  angels  bore  ; 

All  are  too  mean  to  speak  his  worth, 

Or  set  Emmanuel's  glory  forth- 
...    Rut,  O.  what  condescending  ways 

lie  takes  to  teach  his  heavenly  grace! 


Book  I.  HYMN"     CXLIX.  8A 


Mine  eyes  with  joy  and  wonder  see 
What  forms  of  love  he  bears  for  me. 

3  (  The  "  Angel  of  the  covenant  "  stands 
With  his  commission  in  his  hands, 
Sent  from  his  Father's  milder  throne? 
To  make  the  great  salvation  known.  ) 

4  Great  Prophet,  let  me  bless  thy  name  ; 
By  thee  the  joyful  tidings  came, 

Of  wrath  appeased,  of  sins  forgiven, 
Of  hell  subdued,  and  peace  with  heaven*. 

5  (  My  bright  Example,  and  my  Guide, 
I  would  be  walking  near  thy  side ; 
O,  let  me  never  run  astray. 

Nor  follow  the  forbidden  way  t) 

6  I  love  my  Shepherd — he  shall  keep 
My  wandering  soul  among  his  sheep  j 
He  feeds  his  flock,  he  caMs  their  name*;? 
And  in  his  bosom  bears  the  lambs. 

S£  (  My  Surely  undertakes  my  cause, 
Answering  his  Father's  broken  laws ; 
Behold  my  soui  at  freedom  set, 
My  Surety  paid  the  dreadful  debt.) 

8  Jesus,  my  great  High  Priest  has  died*-*- 
I  seek  no  sacrifice  beside  ; 

His  blood  did  once  for  all  atone, 
And  now  it  pleads  before  the  throne. 

9  My  Advocate  appears  on  high — 
The  Father  lays  his  thunder  by  j 
Not  all  that  earth  or  hell  can  say, 
Shall  turn  my  Father's  heart  away. 

10  (  My  Lord,  my  Conqueror,  and  my  King, 
Thy  sceptre  and  thy  sword  I  sing  ; 
Thine  is  the  victory,  and  T  sit 

A  joyful  subject  at  thy  feet.) 

11  Aspire,  my  soul,  to  glorious  deeds  . 
The  Captain  of  salvation  leads  ; 
March  on,  nor  fear  to  win  the  day, 
Though  death  and  hell  obstruct  the  way. 

12  (  Should  death   and  hell,  and  powers  unknown 
Put  all  their  forms  of  mischief  on, 

I  shall  be  safe;  for  Chnst  displays 
Salvation  in  more  sovereign  ways.) 


83 HYMN     CL.  Book  I, 

HYMN     CL.       II.  M.  [  #  ] 

The  Same. 

1        "|[0^  a^  ^ie  glorious  names 

aiJ  Of  wisdom,  love,  and  power, 

Which  ever  mortals  knew, 

Which  angels  ever  bore  : 
All  are  too  mean         To  speak  his  worth, 
Too  mean  to  set  My  Saviour  forth. 

3       But,  O,  what  gentle  terms, 

What  condescending  ways 

Doth  our  Redeemer  use, 

To  teach  his  heavenly  gr.*ce  [ 
Mine  eyes  with  joy         And  wonder  see 
What  forms  of  love        lie  bears  for  m£. 
3       Array'd  in  mortal  flesh, 

He,  like  an  an^e!,  stands, 

And  holds  the  promises 

And  pardons  in  his  hands  : 
Commission'd  from         His  Father's  throne, 
To  make  his  grace         To  mortals  known. 
\       Great  Prophet  of  my  God, 

My  tongue  would  bless  thy  name  ; 

By  thee  the  joyful  news 

Of  our  salvation  came  ; 
The  joyful  news         Of  sins  forgiven, 
Of  hell  subdued,         And  peace  with  Heaven. 

5  Be  thou  my  Counsel  lor, 
My  Pattern  and  my  Guide  ; 
And  through  this  desert  land 
Still  keep  me  near  thy  side. 

Oj  let  my  feet  Ne'er  run  astray, 

Nor  rove,  nor  seek     The  crooked  way  t 

6  I  love  my  Shepherd's  voice; 
Hi  watchful  eyes  shall  keep 
My  wandering  soul  among 
The  thousands  of  his  sheep  : 

He  feeds  his  ilock,         He  calls  their  names  ; 
His  bosom  bears  The  tender  lambs. 

To  this  dear  Surety's  hand 

Will  I  commit  my  cause  ; 

He  answers  and  fulfils 

His  Father's  broken  laws. 
Behold  my  soul         At  freedom  set ; 
My  Surety  paid         The  dreadful  debt. 


Book  I.  HYMN     CL. 


8  Jesus,  my  great  Higli  Priest, 
Offer'd  his  blood,  and  diet!  : 
My  guilty  conscience  seeks 
No  sacrifice  beside. 

His  powerful  blood  Did  once  atone  ; 

And  now  it  pleads  Before  the  throne, 

9  (My  Advocate  appears 
For  my  defence  on  high  ; 
The  Father  bows  his  ears, 
And  lays  his  thunder  by. 

Not  all  that  hell  Or  sin  can  say 

Shall  turn  his  heart,       His  love  away.) 
:0     My  dear  almighty  Lord, 

My  Conqueror  and  my  Kin?;, 

Thy  sceptre,  and  thy  sword, 

1  hy  reigning  grace    I  sing. 
Thine  is  the  power  ;  Behold  I  sit 

In  willing  bonds,  Beneath  thy  feet,. 

11  (Now  let  my  soul  arise, 

And  tread  the  tempter  down  ; 

My  Captain  leads  me  forth 

To  conquest  and  a  crown. 
A  feeble  saint  Shall  win  the  day, 

Though  death  and  hell    Obstruct  the  way.)- 

12  Should  all  the  hosts  of  death, 
And  powers  of  hell  unknown, 
Put  their  most  dreadful  forms 
Of  rage  and  mischief  on, 

I  shall  be  safe  ;  For  Christ  displays 

Superior  power  Arid  guardian  grace 


RXD  OF  THE  FIRST  BOOK. 


B.  I.  H  2 


HYMNS 

AND 

SPIRITUAL    SONGS, 


BOOK    11 

COMPOSED  ON  DIVINE  SUBJECTS. 


HYMN     I.       L.  M.  [ 

A  Song  of  Praia  to  GoD^from  America. 
|  TVTATURE,  with  all  her  powers,  shall  s:ng 

i^>   God,  the  Creator,  and  the  King  ; 

Nor  air,  nor  earth,  nor  skies,  nor  seas, 

Deny  the  tribute  of  their  praise. 
2  Begin  to  make  his  glories  known, 

\Vberaphs,  who  sit  near  his  throne  ; 

Tune  your  harps  high,  and  spread  the  sottnrt 

To  the  creation's  utmost  bound. 
o  (  All  mortal  things  of  meaner  frame, 

Exert  your  force,  and  own  his  name ; 

Whilst  with  our  souls,  and  with  our  voic^e-, 

We  sing  his  honours  and  cur  joysO 

4  (  To  him  be  sacred  ail  wc  have, 
From  the  young  cradle  to  the  grave: 
Our  lips  shall  his  loud  wonders  tell, 
And  every  word  a  miracle.) 

5  (  This  Western  Clime^  our  native  land, 
Lies  safe  in  the  Almighty's  hand  : 
Our  foes  of  victory  dream  in  vain, 
And  own  th~e  captivating  chain.) 

6  He  guards  our  Land,  protects  our  cause, 
And  gives  us  wise  and  equal  laws  ; 

He  makes  cur  Rulers  just  and  kind, 
And  gives  our  dangers  to  the  wind. 
T  Raise  monumental  praises  high  ,v 

To  dim,  who  thunders  through  the  sky., 
And,  with  an  awful  nod  or  frown, 
•Shakes  an  aspiring  tyrant  down. 


Book  IT.  HYMN     II.      III.  & 


8  (  Pillars  of  lasting  brass  proclaim 
The  triumphs  of  th'  Eternal  Name  I 
While  trembling  nations  read  from  far- 
The  honours  of  the  God  of  war.) 

9  Thus  let  our  flaming  zeal  employ 

Our  loftiest  thoughts  and  loudest  songs  ; 
Let  there  be  sung,  with  warmest  joy, 
Hosanna  from  ten  thousand  tongues. 

10  Yet,  mighty  God,  our  feeble  frame 
Attempts  in  vain  to  reach  thy  name  ; 
The  strongest  notes,  which  angels  raise', 
Faint  in  the  worship  and  the  praise. 


m 


HYMN     II.       CM.  [  b  \ 

The  Death  of  a  Sinner. 
"Y  thoughts  on  awful  subjects  rolI? 
Damnation  and  the  dead ; 
What  horrors  seize  the  guilty  soul 
Upon  a  dying  bed  t 

2  Lingering  about  these  mortal  shores-, 

She  makes  a  long  delay  ; 
Till,  like  a  flood  with  rapid  force, 
Death  sweeps  the  wretch  away. 

3  Then  swift  and  dreadful  she  descend5 

Down  to  the  fiery  coast, 

Amongst  abominable  fiends ; 

Herself  a  frighted  ghost. 

4  There  endless  crowds  of  sinners  lie, 

And  darkness  makes  their  chains  ; 
Tortured  with  keen  despair,  thy  cry, 
Yet  wait  for  fiercer  pains. 

5  Not  all  their  anguish  and  their  blood 

For  their  old  guilt  atones, 
Nor  the  compassion  of  a  God 
Shall  hearken  to  their  groans. 

6  Amazing  grace,  that  kept  my  breath, 

Nor  bid  my  soul  remove, 
Till  I  had  learn'd  my  Saviour's  death, 
And  well  insured  his  love  ! 


WH<J 


HYMN     III.       C    M.  [  b  or&  j 

The  Death  and  Burial  of  a  Saint.  \ 

HY  do  we  mourn  departing  friends, 
shake  at  death's  alarms  ? 


90  IIVMV     IV. 


xz 


'Tis  but  the  voice,  which  J-  sus  sends, 
To  call  them  to  his  arms. 

3  Are  wr  not  tending  upward  too, 

As  fast  as  time  pan  move  ? 
Xor  should  ire  wish  the  hours  more  slow, 
To  ke  p  us  from  our  Love. 
■    Why  should  we.  tremble  to  convey 
Their  bod  i(  s  to  the  tomb? 
There  the  dear  fle-li  of  Jesus  lay, 
And  left  a  long  perfume. 

4  The  graves  of  all  hi.  saints  lie  bless'd, 

And  solten'd  every  bed  : 
Where  should  the  dying  members  rest, 
But  with  their  dying  head  ? 

5  Thence  he  arose,  ascending  h  gh, 

And  show'd  our  feet  the  way  : 
Up  to  the  Lord  our  flesh  shall  fly, 
At  the  great  rising  day. 

6  Then  let  the  last  loud  trumpet  sound, 

And  bid  our  kindred  pise  : 
Awake,  ye  nations  under  ground  ; 
Ye  saints,  ascend  the  skies. 


HYMN     IV.       L    M.  f  &  ] 

Salvation  in  the  Cross. 

}  ILffERE  at  thy  cross,  my  dying  God, 

i*  ^   I  lay  my  soul  beneath  thy  love, 

Beneath  the  droppings  of  thy  blood, 

Jesus  '.  nor  shall  it  e'er  remove. 
3  Not  all  that  tyrants  think  or  say, 

With  rage  and  lightning  in  their  eyes, 

Nor  hell  shall  fright  my  heart  away, 

Should  hell  with  all  its  legions  rise. 

3  Should  worlds  conspire  to  drive  me  hence, 
Moveless  and  firm  this  heart  should  lie  : 
Resolved    for  that's  my  last  defence) 

If  I  must  perish — here  to  die. 

4  But  speak,  my  Lord,  and  calm  my  fear  ? 
Am  I  not  safe  beneath  thy  shade  ? 

Tl  >  v  nrgeance  will  not  stnke  me  here  i 
Nor  Satan  dare  mv  soul  invade. 


Book  II.  HYMN    V,     VI.  91 


5  Yes,  I'm  secure  beneath  thy  blood, 
And  all  my  foes  shall  lose  their  aim 
Ilosanna  to  my  dying  God  ; 
And  my  best  honours  to  his  name. 


HYMN     V.      L.  M.  [  «  J 

Longing  to  firai*e  Christ"  better. 
I  ]T   ORD,  when  my  thoughts  with  wonder  roll 
J*-^  O'er  the  sharp  sorrows  of  thy  soul, 
And  read  my  Maker's  broktn  laws, 
Repair'd  and  honour'd  by  thy  cross  ; 

3  When  I  behold  death,  hell,  and  sin, 
Vahquisb'd  by  that  dear  blood  of  thine, 
And  see  the  Man,  who  groun'd  and  died, 
Sit  glorious  by  his  Father's  side  ; 

3  My  passions  rise  and  soar  above  : 

I'm  wing'd  with  faith,  and  fired  with  love  ;r 

Fain  would  I  reach  eternal  things, 

And  iearn  the  notes,   which  Gabriel  sings* 

4  But  my  heart  fails,  my  tongue  compla.ns, 
For  want  of  their  immortal  strains; 

And,  in  such  humble  notes  as  these, 
Must  fall  telow  thy  victories. 
o  Well,  the  kind  minute  must  appear, 
When  we  shut!  leave  these  bodies  here, 
These  clogs  of  clay — and  mount  on  high, 
To  join  the  songs  above  the  sky. 


HYMN     VI.       C.  M.  [  *  J 

A  Morning  Song. 

jNCE  more,  my  snul,  the  rising  day 
Salutes  thy  waking  eyes  ; 
Once  more,  my  voice,  thy  tribute  pay 

To  Him,  who  rules  the  skies 
Ni;j;ht  unto  night  his  name  repeats, 

The  day  renews  the  sound, 
Wide  as  the  heaven,    on  which  he  sits, 

To  turn  the  seasons  round. 
'Tis  he  supports  my  mortal  frame  ; 

My  tongue  shall  speak  his  p'fiisr  ; 
My  cins  would  rouse  his  wrath  to  flame, 

And  yet  his  wrath  delays. 


92 


HYMN     VII,     VIII, 


Book  IT. 


4  (  On  a  poor  worm  thy  power  might  tread, 

And  I  could  ne'er  withstand : 
Thy  justice  might  have  crush'd  me  dead, 
But  mercy  held  thy  hand. 

5  A  thousand  wretched  souls  are  fled 

Since  the  last  setting  sun  ; 
And  yet  thou  lengthened  out  my  thread, 
And  yet  my  moments  run.) 

6  Dear  God,  let  all  my  hours  be  thine, 

Whilst  I  enjoy  the  light  ; 
Then  shall  my  sun  in  smiles  decline, 
And  bring  a  pleasing  night. 

HYMN*  VII.      C.  M. 

An  Evenitig  Song. 

1  (iy*EAD  Sovereign,  fet  my  evening  song', 

^^  Like  holy  incense,  rise  : 
Assist  the  offerings  of  my  tongue 
To  reach  the  lofty  skies. 

2  Through  all  the  dangers  ot'tfie  day 

Thy  hand  was  still  my  guard ; 

And  still  to  drive  my  wants  away., 

Thy  mercy  stood  piepared.) 

3  Perpetual  blessings  from  abovs 

Encompass  me  around, 
But,  O,  how  few  returns  of  love 
Hath  my  Creator  found  ! 

4  What  have  I  done  for  him,  who  died 

To  save  my  wretched  soul  ? 
How  are  my  follies  multiplied, 
.     Fast  as  my  minutes  roll  ! 

5  Lord,  with  this  guilty  heart  of  mine} 

To  thy  dear  cross  I  flee, 
And  to  thy  grace  my  soul  resign. 
To  be  renew'd  by  thee. 

6  Sprinkled  afresh  with  pardoning  blooc^- 

I  lay  me  down  to  rest, 
As  in  th*  embraces  of  my  God, 
Or  on  my  Saviour's  breast. 


c*a 


HYMN     VIII.       C.  M.  t 

A  Hymn  for  Morning  or  Evening, 
1   TITOS  ANN  A,  with  a  cheerful  sound, 
•in*.  To  God's  upholding  hand  ; 


-Book  II.  HYMN    IX.  93 


Ten  thousand  snares  attend  us  round; 

And  yet  secure  we  siand. 
That  was  a  most  amazing  powef 

Which  raised  us  with  a  word, 
And  every  day,  and  every  hour, 

We  lean  upon  the  Lord. 
The  evening  rests  our  weary  head, 

And  angels  guard  the  room; 
We  wake,  and  we  adm.re  the  bed 

Which  was  not  made  our  tomb. 
The  rising  morning  can't  assure 

That  we  shall  end  the  day  ; 
For  deatn  stands  ready  at  the  doofc 

To  take  our  lives  away. 
Our  breath  is  forfeited  by  sin 

To  God's  avenging  taw  : 
\Ve  own  thy  grace,  immortal  Kingp- 
in every  gasp  we  draw. 

God  is  our  sun,  whose  daily  light 
Our  joy  and  safety  brings; 

Our  feeble  flesh  lies  s^fe  at  night, 
Beneath  his  shady  wings. 


HYMN     IX.      C    M.  (  fc>  | 

Godly  Sorrow  arising  from  the  Sufferings  of  Ci{RisV: 
t    A  LAS  !  and  did  my  Saviour  bleed  \ 
**■  And  did  my  Sovereign  die  1 
Would  he  devote  that  sacred  head 
For  such  a  worm  as  I  ? 

£  (Thy  body  slain,  sweet  Jesus,  thine/ 
And  bathed  in  its  own  blood, 
While,  all  exposed  to  wrath  divine, 
The  glorious  Sufferer  stood  1) 

Was  it  for  crimes,  which  I  had  doncj 

He  groan'd  upon  the  tree  ? 
Amazing  pity  !  grace  unknown  1 

And  love  beyond  degree  1 
t   Well  might  the  sun  in  darkness  flidc. 

And  shut  his  glories  in, 
When  God,  the  mighty  Maker,  died 

For  man,  the  creature's  sin. 
fi  Tims  might  I  hide  my  blushing  face: 

White  [)is  dear  cross  appearsj 


94  H  YMN    X,    XL  Book  II- 


Dissolve  my  heart  in  thankfulness, 
And  melt  mne  eyes  in  tears. 
6  But  drops  of  grief  can  ne'er  repay 
The  debt  of  love   I  owe  : 
Here,  Lord,  I  give  myself  away  ; 
'Tis  all  that  1  can  do. 


HYMN     X.       C.  xM.  [  b  j 

lJarting  with  Carnal  Joys, 
Y  soul  forsakes  her  vatn  delight. 
And  b  ds  the  world  farewell  j 
Bus.,  as  the  dirt  beneath  my  feet, 
And  misciuevous  as  nell. 

2  No  longer  will  I  ask  your  love, 

Nor  seek  your  frienclsh  p  more; 
The  happiness,  which  I  approve, 
Lies  not  within  your  power. 

3  There's  nothing  round  this  spacious  eartiu 

Which  suits  my  large  desire  ; 
To  boundless  joy  and  solid  mirth 
My  nobler  thoughts  aspire. 

4  (Where  pleasure  rolls  its  living  flood, 

From  sin  and  dross  refined, 
Still  springing  from  the   throne  of  God, 

And  fit  to  cheer  the  mind, 
$  Th'  almighty  Ruler  of   the  sphere, 

The  glorious  and  the  great, 
Brings  his  own  all-sufficience  there., 

To  make  our  bliss  complete.) 
6  Had  I  the  pinions  of  a  dove, 

I'd  climb  the  heavenly  road  ; 
There  sits  my  Saviour,  dress'd  in  love. 

And  there,  my  smiling  God. 

HYMN     XI.       L.  M.  [  %  j 

The  Sair.c. 
\  T  SEND  the  joys  of  earth  away  ; 
•*■  Away,  ye  tempters  of  the  mind  I 
False  as  the   smooth,  deceitful  sea. 
And  empty  as  the  whistling  wind  ! 
2  Your  streams  were  floating  me  along 
Down  to  the  gulf  of  black*  despair; 


Book  IT, HYMN    XII,     XIII. 


And  while  I  listened  to  your  song, 

Your  streams  had  e'en  convey'd  me  there. 

3  Lord,  I  adore  thy  matchless  grace, 
Which  warn'd  me  of  that  dark  abyss  ; 
Which  drew  me  from  those  treacherous  seas, 
And  bade  me  seek  superior  bliss. 

4  Now  to  the  shining  realms  above 

I  stretch  my  hands  and  glance  my  eves  ; 
O,  for  the  pinions  of  a  dove, 
To  bear  mi  to  the  upper  skies  ! 

5  There,  from  the  bosom  of  my  Go:!, 
Oceans  of  endless  pleasures  roll  : 
There  would  I  fix  my  last  abode, 
And  drown  the  sorrows  of  my  soul. 

HYMN~xiirnTMr  (  b  ) 

CHZtsris  the  Substance  of  the  Levitical  Priesthood. 
rlh,  tiue  Messiah  now  appears, 
The  types  are  all  withdrawn  ; 
So  fly  the  shadows  and  the  stars 
Before  the  rising  dawn. 
.2  No  smoking  sweets,  nor  bleeding  Iambs, 
Nor  kid,  nor  bullock  slain, 
Incense  and  spice  of  costly  names, 
Would  all  be  burnt  in  vain. 

3  Aaron  must  lay  his  robes  away, 

His  mitre  and  his  vest, 
When  God  himself  comes  down  to  be 
The  offering  and  the  priest. 

4  He  took  our  mortal  flesh,  to  show 

The  wonders  of  his  love  ; 
For  us  he  paid  his  life  below, 
And  prays  for  us  above. 

5  "  Father,"  he  cries,  «  forgive  their  sins 

"  For  I  myself  have  died  ;" 
And  then  he  shows  his  open'd  veins, 
And  pleads  his  wounded  side. 

HYMN~XIIL       L~M~  t   *  , 

The  Creation,  Preservation,  Dissolution,  and  Bettor  Jon 
of  this  World. 

S!xkG  r°  thf  L°rd'  Wh°  bl  ih  the  *kies, 

a.  ii  '  whi  rear'd  lhis  stater? irame  J 


*5  HYMN     XIV,     XV,  Book  II- 


Ltt  ali  the  nations  sound  his  praise, 
And  lands  unknown  reptat  his  name 

2  He  form'd  the  seas,  and  form'd  the  hills, 
Made  every  drop,  and  every  dust ; 
Nature  and  tunc,  with  all  their  wheels, 
And  put  them  into  motion  first. 
S3  Now  from  his  high  imperial  throne, 
He  looks  tar  down  upon  the  spheres  ; 
He  bids  the  shining  orbs  roll  on, 
And  round  he  turns  the  hasty  years* 

4  Thus  shall  this  moving  engine  last, 
Till  all  his  saints  are  gather'd  in  : 
Then  for  the  trumpet's  dreadful  blast, 
To  shake  it  ali  to  dust  again. 

5  Yet,  when  the  sound  shall  tear  the  skies, 
And  lightning  burn  the  glob-   below, 
Saints,  you  may  lift  your  joyful  eyes, 
There's  a  new  heaven  and  earth  for  you. 


HYMN    XIV.       S.   M.  r  #  J 

The  Lord's  Day  ;  or,  Delight  in   Ordinances. 
^TELCOME,  sweet  day  of  rest, 
▼  »    Which  saw  the  Lo**d  arise  ; 
Welcome  to  this  reviving  breast, 
And  these  rejoicing  eyes  ! 

The  King  himself  comes  near, 

And  feasts  his  saints  to  day  ; 
Here  we  may  sit,  and  see  him  here, 

And  love,  and  praise,  and  pray. 

One  day  amidst  the  place 

Where  my  dear  God  hath  been, 
Is  sweeter  than  ten  thousand  days 

Of  pleasurable  sin. 

My  willing  soul  would  stay 

In  such  a  frame  as  this  ; 
And  sit  and  sing  herself  away  • 

To  everlasting  bliss. 


HYMN     XV.       L.  M.  t  *  ] 

The.  Enjoyment  of  Christ ;  or,  Delight  in  Worship, 
1  TtJ'AR  from  my  thoughts,  vain  world,  begone ; 
•»-    Let  my  religious  hours  alone  : 


Book  If.  HYMN     XVI.  9.T 


Fain  would  my  eyes  my  Saviour  see — 
I  wait  a  visit,  Lord,  from  thee  1 

2  My  heart  grows  warm  with  holy  fire, 
And  kindles  with  a  pure  desire  : 
Come,  my  dear  Jesus,  from  above, 
And  feed  my  soul  with  heavenly  love. 

3  (  The  trees  of  life  immortal  stand 
In  fragrant  rows  at  thy  right  hand, 
And  in  sweet  murmurs  by  their  side.,. 
Rivtrs  of  bliss  perpetual  glide. 

4  Haste  then,  but  w  th  a  smiling  face, 
And  spread  the  tabic  of  thy  grace  ; 
Bring  down  a  taste  of  truth  divine, 
And  cheer  my  heart  with  sacred  wine.) 

5  Bless'd  Jesus,  what  delicious  fare  ! 
How  sweet  thy  entertainments  are  ! 
Never  did  angels  taste  above 
Redeeming  grace  and  dying  love. 

§  Hail,  great  Emmanuel,  all  divine  t 
In  thee  thy  Father's  glories  shine  : 
Thou  brightest,  sweetest,  fairest  One, 
Whom  eyes  have  seen,  or  angels  known. 


HYMN     XVI.       L.  M. 

Part  the  Second. 

1  "IT  ORD,  what  a  heaven  of  saving  grace, 
-*-^    Shines  through  the  beauties  of  thy  face, 
And  lights  our  passions  to  a  flame ! 

Lord,  how  we  love  thy  charming  namd 

2  When  I  can  say,  my  God  is  mine, 
When  I  can  feel  thy  glories  shine, 
I  tread  the  world  beneath  my  feet, 
And  all  that  earth  calls  good  or  great. 

3  While  such  a  s©ene  of  sacred  joys 
Our  raptured  eyes  and  souls  employs. 
Here  we  could  sit  and  gaze  away 

A  long,  an  everlasting  day. 

4  Well,  we  shall  quickly  pass  the  nigh'... 
To  the  fair  coasts  of  perfect  light ; 
Then  shall  our  joyful  senses  rove 
O'er  the  dear  object  of  our  love. 

5  (  Then  shall  we  drink  full  draughts  of  bli&s, 
And  pluck  new  light  from  heavenly  trees  \ 


98  HYMN     XVII,    XVIII.  Book  II 


Y.-t,  now  and  then,  clear  Lord,  bestow 
A  drop  of  heaven  on  worms  below. 

S.nd  comforts  down  from  thy  right  hand, 
W'ule  we  pass  through  this  barren  land; 
And  in  thy  temple  let  us  see 
A  glimpse  of  love,  a  glimpse  of  Thee.) 


HYMN     XVII.       C.  M.  (  *  ) 

God's  Eternity. 
TSE,  my  soul,  and  leave  the  ground, 
Stretch  all  thy  thoughts  abroad, 
And  rouse  up  every  tuneful  sound 
To  praise  th*  eternal  God. 

2  Long,  ere  the  lofty  skies  were  spread, 

Jehovah  fill'd  his  throne  ; 
Or  Adam  form'd,  or  angels  made, 
The  Maker  lived  alone. 

3  His  boundless  years  can  ne'er  decrease, 

But  still  maintain  their  prime  ; 
Eternity**  his  dwelling  place.) 
And  Ever  is  his  time. 

4  While,  like  a  tide,  our  minutes  flow, 

The  present  and  the  past, 
He  fills  his  own  immortal  NOW, 
And  sees  our  ages  waste. 

5  The  sea  and  sky  must  perish  too, 

And  vast  destruction  come  ; 
The  creatures,  look  !   how  old  they  grow, 
And  wait  their  fiery  doom. 

6  Well,  let  the  sea  shrink  all  away, 

And  flames  melt  down  the  skies, 
My  God  shall  lire  an  endless  day, 
Waen  old  creation  dies. 


HYMN     XVIII.       L.   M.  .  (  *  ) 

The  Mmistry  of  Angela. 
ILTTIGII  on  a  bill  of  dazzling  light, 
J*-U-  The  King  of  glory  spreads  his  seat, 
And  troops  of  angels,   stretch'd  for  fl'ght, 
Stand  waiting  round  his  awful  feet. 
"  Go,"  saith  the  Lord,  "  my  Gabriel,  go, 
"  Salute  the  Virgin's  fruitful  Womb  : 


Book  IT.  HYMN     XIX.  99 


«  Make  haste,  ye  cherubs,  down  below, 
<■■  S:r<g  and  proclaim  toe  Saviours  come." 

3  Here  a  bright  squadron  leaves  the  skies, 
And  thick  around  Eiisha  stands  ; 
Anon  a  heavenly  soldier  flies, 

And  breaks  tiie  chains  from  Peter's  hands. 

4  Thy  winged  troops,  O  God  of  hosts, 
Wait  on  thy  wandering  church  below  J 
Here  we  arc  sailing  to  tivy  coasts, 

Let  angels  be  our  convoy  too. 

5  Are  they  not  ail  thy  servants,  Lord  ? 
At  thy  command  they  go  and  come ; 
With  cheerful  haste  obey  thy  wo:d, 
And  guard  thy  children  to  their  home- 


HYMN     XIX.      CM.  [ 

Our  Bodies  Frail,  and  God  our  Preserver. 

1  7*~   ET  others  boust  how  strong  they  be, 
■I*-4  Nor  death  nor  danger  fear  ; 

Bui  we'll  confess.  O  Lord,  to  thee, 
What  teeble  tilings  we  are. 

2  Fresh  as  the  grass  our  bodies  stand, 

And  flourish  bright  and  guy  ; 
A  blasting  wind  sweeps  o'er  the  land, 
And  fades  the  grass  away. 

3  Our  life  contains  a  thousand  springs, 

And  dies  if  one  be  gone  ; 
Strange,    that  a  harp  of  thousand  strings 
Should  keep  in  tune  so  long  ! 

4  But  'tis  our  God  supports  our  frame, 

Tiie  God,  who  built  us  first ; 
Salvation  to  th'  Almighty  name, 
That  rear'd  us  from  the  dustr. 

5  (He  spake,  and  strait  our  heartajj&id  brains 

In  all  their  motions  rose  ; 
"  Let  blood,"  said  he,  *•  flow  round  the  veins  IV 
And  round  the  veins  it  flows. 
,;.   While  we  have  breath,  to  use  our  tongues, 
Our  Maker  we'll  adore  ; 
His  spirit  moves  our  heaving  lungs, 
Or  they  would  br  athe  no  more.) 

B.  II.  12 


100  HYMN     XX.  Book  II. 


HYMN     XX,       C.  M.  (   b  ) 

Backsliding*  and  Returns  ;  or,  the  Inconstancy  of  our  Love, 

1  TJjjy  HY  is  my  heart  so  far  from  thee, 

VY  v    My  God,  my  chief  delight  ! 
Why  are  my  thoughts  no  more  by  day 
With  thee  no  more  by  night? 

2  (Why  should  my  foolish  passions  rove  ? 

Where  can  such  sweetness  be, 
As  I  have  tasted  in  thy  love, 
As  I  have  found  in  thee  ?) 

3  When  my  forgetful  soul  renews 

The  savour  of  thy  grace, 
My  heart  presumes  1  cannot  lose 
The  relish  all  my  days. 

4  But  ere  one  fleeting  hour  is  past, 

The  flattering  world  employs 
Some  sensual  bait  to  seize  my  taste, 
And  to  pollute  my  joys. 

5  (  Trifles  of  nature,  or  of  art, 

With  fair,  deceitful  charms, 
Intrude  into  my  thoughtless  heart, 
And  thrust  me  from  thine  arms.) 

6  Then  I  repent  and  vex  my  soul, 

That  I  should  leave  thee  so  ; 
Where  will  those  wild  affections  roll, 
Whioh  let  a  Saviour  go  ? 

7  (  Sin's  promised  joys  are  turn'd  to  parn, 

And  I  am  drown'd  in  grief! 
But  my  dear  Lord  returns  again, 
He  flies  to  my  lelief : 

8  Seizing  my  soul  with  sweet  surprise, 

He  draws  with  loving  bands  ; 
Divine  compassion  in  his  eyes, 
And  pardon  in  his  hands.  ) 

9  (  Wretch,  that  I  am>  to  wander  thus, 

In  chase  of  false  delight! 
Let  me  be  fasten'd  to  thy  cross, 
Rather  than  lose  thy  sight.) 

10  [  Make  haste,  my  days,  to  reach  the  goal- 

And  bring  my  heart  to  rest 
On  the  dear  centre  of  my  soal, 
My  God,  my  Saviour's  breast.) 


Book  II.  HYMN    XXI,    XXII.  lOi 


HYMN     XXI.       L.  M.  [ 

A  Song  of  Praise  to  God,  the  Redeemer. 
1   "IT   ET  the  old  heathens  tune  their  song 
-"-4  Of  great  Diana  and  of  Jove  ; 
.But  the  sweet  theme,  which  moves  my  tongue 
Is  my  Redeemer  and  his  love. 
3  Behold,  a  God  descends' and  dies, 
To  save  my  soul  from  gaping  hell  ; 
How  the  black  gulph  where  Satan  lies, 
Yawn'd  to  receive  me  when  I  fell ! 

3  How  justice  frown'd  and  vengeance  stood, 
To  drive  me  down  to  endless  pain  I 

Bat  the  great  Son  proposed  his  blood, 
And  heavenly  wrath  grew  mild  again, 

4  Infin  te  Lover,  gracious  Lord, 

To  ihee  be  endless  honours  given  ; 
Thy  wondw-rous  name  shall  be  adored 
Round  the  wide  earth,  and  wider  heaveo. 


HYMN     XXII.       L.  M.  f  &  } 

Wvh  God  is  terrible  Majesty. 

TJpERRTBLE  God,  who  reign'st  on  high, 

-"-    How  awful  is  thy  thundering  hand  ; 

Thy  fiery  bolts,  how  fierce  they  fly   ! 

Nor  can  all  earth  or  hell   withstand. 

This  the  old  rebel-angels  knew, 

And  Satan  fell  beneath  thy  frown  : 

Thine  arrows  struck  the  traitor  through, 

And  weighty  vengeance  sunk  him  down. 
3  This  Sodom  felt,  and  feels  it  still. 

And  roars  beneath  th'  eternal  load  : 

"  With  endless  burnings  who  can  dwell, 

«  Or  bear  the  fury  of  a  God  ?" 
I  Tremble,  ye  sinners,  and  submit, 

Throw  down  your  arms  before  his  throne  ; 

Bend  your  heads  low  beneath  his  feet, 

Or  his  strong  hand  swall  crush  you  down. 
»   And  ye,  bless'd  saints,  who  love  him  too, 

With  reverence  bow  before  his  name  ; 

Thus  -all  his  heavenly  servants  do  : 

God  is.  a  bright  and  burning  flame. 


]W HYMN    XXIir,    XXIV.  Book  H. 

HYMN     XXIII.       L.  M.  [  *  "P 

The  Sight  of  God  and  Christ  in  Heaven. 

1  TH)1"^1^0  lrom  h*a*ea,  immorra!  Dovc, 
■"-^   Stoop  clown  and  take  us  oa  thy  wings, 

Anrl  mount  and  Ixa''  us  far  aboy<  , 

The  reach  of  these  infenuur  things  ; 

2  B  yond   beyond  this  lower  sky, 
Up  Where  eternal  ages   roll 

V  here  solid  pleasures  never  die, 
And  fruits' immortal  feast  the  soul, 

3  O,  for  a  sight,  a  p  -asmg  sight 
Of  our  Mngjghtfl  Fanur's  throne/i 
There  sits  our  Saviour  crownM  with  light, 
Clothed  in  a  body,  hk~  our  own. 

4  Adoring  saints  arourtd  him  stand, 

And  thrones  and  powers  before  him  fall  ; 
The  God  shines  gracious  through  the  man, 
And  sheds  sweet  glories  on  them  all. 

5  O,  what  amazing  joys  thev  feel, 
While  to  their  golden  harps  they  sing, 
And  sit  on  ev'ry  heavenly  hill, 

And  spread  the  triumphs  of  their  Ryifc  \ 

6  When  shall  the  day,  dear  Lord,  appear, 
That  I  shall  mount  to  Jwel!  above, 
And  stand  and  bow  among  them  there, 
And  view  thy  face,  and  sing,  and  love  ? 

HYMN     XXIV.       L.  M"7  \  *  j 

The  Evil  of  Sin  visible  in  the  Fall  *?.fngete  and  Men. 
1   W  IENT  t!l-  &reat  Builder  arci'd  tg  skies, 
^  *     And  form'd   ah  nature  with  a  \vT)rd, 

The  joyful  cherubs  tuned  Ins  pr 

And  every  bending  throne  adored. 
3  High  in  the  midst  of  all  the  throng, 

S^m,  a  tall  archangel,  sat  ; 

Am  >ng  the  mo  nin  g  stars  he  sung, 

'TUI  sin  dtstroy'd    h  s  heavenly  state. 

3  ('Twas  sin  which  hurl'd  him  from  his  throne  :• 
Grovehng  in   fire  the  rebel  lies  : 
How  art  thou  sunk  in  darkness  down, 
Son  of  the  morn.ng.  from  the  skies  Vj 

4  And  thus  our  two  fust  parents  stood, 
Till  sin  ddiled  the  happy  place  ; 


Book  II.  HYMN     XXV.  IQp 


They  lost  their  garden  and  their  God, 
And  ruin'd  all  their  unboin  race* 

5  (  So  sprung  the  pia^ue  from  Adam's  bower, 
And  spread  destruction  all  abroad  ; 

Sin,  the  cursed  name  !  which  in  one  hour, 
Spoil'd  six  day's  labour  of  a  God.) 

6  Tremble,  my  soul,  and  mourn  for  grief, 
That  such  a  foe  should  se  ze  thy  breast  j 
Fly  to  the  Lord  for  quick  relief ; 

O,  may  he  slay  this  treacherous  guest ! 

7  Then  to  thy   throne,  victorious  King, 
Then  to  thy  throne  our  shouts  shall  rise, 
Thine  everlasting  arms  we  sing, 

For  sin,  the  monster,  bleeds  and  dies. 


HYMN     XXV.      C.  M.  [  *  1 

Complaining  of  Spiritual  Sloth. 

1  T\/[f  Y  drowsy  powers,  why  sleep  ye  so  ? 
«**-l*   Awake  my  sluggish  soul  ! 
Nothing  has  half  thy  work  to  do, 

Yet  nothing's  hall  so  dull. 

2  The  little  ants,  for  one  poor  grain, 

Labour,  a»d  tug,  and  strive  ; 
Yet  we  who  have  a  heaven  t'  obtain, 
How  negligent  we  live  ! 

3  We,  for  whose  sake  all  nature  stands, 

And  stats  their  courses  move,. 
We,  for  whose  guard  the  angel  bands 
Come  flying  from  above  ; 

4  We,  for  whom  God,  the  Son,  came  down, 

And  labour' d  for  our  good  : 
How  careless  to  secure  that  crown 
He  pure  hastd  with  his  blood  I 

5  Lord,  shall  we  lie  so  sluggUh  still, 

And  never  act  our  paitb  ! 
Come,  holy  Dove,  from  th'  heavenly  hill, 
And  sit,  and  warm  our  hearts. 

6  Then  shall  our  active  spirits  move, 

Upward  our  souls  shall  rise  : 
Willi  hands  of  faith  and  wings  of  love. 
We'll  fly  and  take  the  prize. 


S04  HYMN     XXVI,  XXVII.  Book 


. 


HYMN     XXVI.       L.  M.  [  «  J 

God  Invisible. 

1  T   ORD,  we  are  blind,  poor  mortals,  blind, 
■*-*  We  can't  behold  thy  bright  abode  ; 

(),  'tis  beyond  a  creature's  mind 

To  glance  a  thought  half  way  to  God. 

2  Infinite  leagues  beyond  the  sky 
The  great  Eternal  reigns  a>one, 
Where  neither  wings  nor  souls  can  fly, 
Nor  angels  climb  the  topless  throne. 

<S  The  Lord  of  glory  builds  his  seat 

Of  gems  incomparably  bright, 

And  lays  beneath  his  sacred  feet 

Substantial  beams  of  gloomy  n  ght. 
4  Yet,  glorious  Lord,  thy  gracious  eyes 

Look  through  and  cheer  us  from  above : 

Beyond  our  praise  thy  grandeur   flies, 

Yet  we  adore,  and  yet  we  love. 


HYMN     XXVII.      L.  M.  [  *  ] 

Praise  ye  him  all  his  AageU.     Psalm  cxi.vin.  2. 
1  {^  OD,  the  eternal,  awful  name, 

^-2T   Whom  the  whole  heavenly  army  fears, 

Who  shakes  the  w.de  creation's  frame, 

And  Satan  trembles  when  he  hears. 
3   Like  flames  of  fire  his  servants  are, 

And  light  surrounds  his  dwelling  place  ; 

But,  O,  ye  fiery  flames,  declare 

The  brighter  glories  of  his  face. 

3  'Tis  not  for  such  poor  worms  as  we 
To  speak  so  infinite  a  thing  ; 

But  your  immortal  eyt  s  survey 

The  beauties  of  your  sovereign  King. 

4  Tell  how  he  shews  his  smiling  face, 
And  clothes  all  heaven  in  bright  airay  ? 
Triumph  and  joy  tun  through  the  place, 
And  songs  eternal  as  the  day. 

3  Speak,  for  you  feel  his  burning  love, 

What  zeal  it  spreads  tiirougii  all  your  frame  l 

That  sacred  fire  dwells  all  above, 

For  we  on  earth  have  lost  the  name. 
6  (  Sing  of  his  power  and  justice  too, 

That  infinite  right  hand  of  his, 


Book- IT.  HYMN    XXVUI.  105 


Wnich  vanquish'd  S  »Un  and  his  crew, 

When  thunder  drove  tnem  down  from  bliss.) 
7  What  mighty  storms  of  poisorTd  darts 

Were  hurl'd  upon  the  rebels  there  ! 

What  dre  dful  jave  ins  nail'd   their  hearts 

Fast  to  the  racks  of  long  despair  ! 
3  (  Shout  to  your  King,  ye  heavenly  host, 

You  vvmo  behoid  the  sinking  foe  ; 

Firmly  ye  stood    when  they  were  lost  ; 

Praise  the  rich  grace  which  k-pt  you  so. 
9   Proclaim  his  wonders  from  the  skies 

Let  every  d  stant  nation  hear  ; 

And  while  you  sound  his  lofty  praise^ 

Let  humble  mortals  bow  and  fear.) 

.  --  '      -  .-- -J 

HYMN     XXV II  I.  -CM.  [  b  j 

Death  and  Eternity. 

1  QTOOP  down,  my  thoughts,  which  used  to  rise? 
£5  Converse  a  while  with  death  ; 
Think  how  a  gasping  mortal  lies, 
And  pants  away  his  breath. 
3  His  quivering  lip  hangs  feebly  down, 
H*s  pulse  is  faint  and   few, 
Then  speechless,  with  a  doleful  groaw, 
He  bids  the  worid  adieu 

3  But,  O,  the  sou!,  that  never  dies  I 

At  once  it  leaves  the  clay  ! 
Ye  thoughts,  pursue  it  where  it  flieSj 
And  track  its  wondcrous  way. 

4  Up  to  the  courts  where  angels  dwell, 

It  mounts  triumphant  there, 
Or  devils  plunge  it  down  to  hell, 
In  infinite  despair. 
3  And  must  my  body  faint  and  die  ? 
And  must  tins  soul  remove  ? 
Oh,  for  some  guardian  angel  nigh, 
To  bear  it  safe  above. 
6  Jesus,  to  thy  dear,  faithful  hand, 
My  naked  soul  I  trust  : 
And  my  flesh  waits  for  thy  command, 
To  drop  into  my  dust. 


196  HYMN     XXIX,   XXX.  Book  IT. 


HYMN     XXIX.       CM.  [  *  ] 

Redemption  by  Price  and  Power. 

1  TfESUS,  with  all  thy  saints  above, 
*U  My  tongue  would  bear  her  part, 
Would  sound  aloud  thy  saving  love, 

And  sing  thy  bleeding  heart. 

2  Bless'd  be  the  Lamb,  my  dearest  Lord, 

Who  bought  me  with  his  blood, 
And  quench'd  his  Father's  flaming  sword 
In  his  own  vital  blood. 

3  The  Lamb  who  freed  my  captive  soul 

From  Satan's  heavy  chains, 
And  sent  the  lion  down  to  howl, 
Where  hell  and  horror  reigns. 

4  All  glory  to  the  dying  Lamb, 

A-*d  never  ceasing  praise, 
Whle  angels  live  to  know  his  name, 
Or  saints  to  feel  his  grace. 


HYMN     XXX.       S    M.  [  *  J 

Heavenly  Joy  on  Earth. 
(/^OME,  we  woo  love  the  Lord,    - 
^  And  let  our  joys  be  known  ; 
Join  in  a  song  with  sweet  accord, 
And  thus  surround  ttye  throne. 
The  sorrows  of  the  mind 
Be  banish'd  from  the  place  ! 
Religion  never  was  des-gn'd 
To  make  our  pleasures  less.) 

Let  those  refuse  to  sing, 

Who  never  knew  our  God, 
But  favorites  of  the  heavenly  King; 

May  speak  their  joys  abroad. 

(  The  God,  who  rules  on  h»gh, 

And  thunders  when  he  please, 
Who  rides  upon  the  stormy  sky, 

And  manages  the  seas  ;) 

This  awful  God  is  ours. 

Our  Father  and  our  love, 
He  will  send  down  his  heavenly  powers 

To  carry  us  above. 

There  we  shall  see  his  face, 

And  never,  never  sin  ; 


Book  II.  HYMN    XXXI,     XXXII.  107 


There  from  the  rivers  of  his  grace 

Drink  endless  pleasures  in. 
t      Yes,  and  before  we  rise 

To  that  immortal  state, 
The  thoughts  of  such  amazing  bliss 

Should  constant  joys  create. 

8  (  The  men  of  grace  have  found 
Glory  begun  below, 

Celest  al  fruits  on  earthly  ground 
From  faith  and  hope  may  grow.) 

9  (  The  hill  of  Sion  yields 
A  thousand  sacred  sweets, 

Before  we  reach  the  heavenly  fields, 
Or  waik  the  golden  streets. 

10  Then  let  our  songs  abound 
And  every  tear  be  dry  ; 

We're  marching  through  Emmanuel's  ground 
To  fairer  worlds  on  high.) 


HYMN     XXXI.       L.  M.  [  %  ] 

Chrises  Presence  makes  Death  easy. 

W'HY  should  we  start,  and  fear  to  die  ? 
What  timorous  worms  we  mortals  are  ! 
Death  is  the  gate  of  endless  joy, 
And  yet  we  dread  to  enter  there. 
The  pains,  the  groans,  and  dying  strife 
Fright  our  approaching  souls  away  ; 
Still  we  shrink  back  again  to  life, 
Fond  of  our  prison  and  our  clay. 
Oh  !  if  my  Lord  would  come  and  meet, 
My  soul  should  stretch  her  wings  in  haste, 
Fly  fearless  through  death's  iron  gate, 
Nor  feel  the  terrours  as  she  pass'd. 
Jesus  can  make  a  dying  bed 
Feel  soft  as  downy  pillows  are, 
While  on  his  breast  1  lean  my  head, 
And  breathe  my  life  out  sweetly  there. 


HYMN     XXXII.       C.  M.  [  (5  ] 

Frailly  and  Folly. 
1   "OO^  short  and  hnsiy  is  our  life  ! 

<"-■*  How  vast  our  souls'  afTuirs  1 
B\  II.  K 


..08 


HYMN    XXXIII, 


Yet  senseless  mortals  vainly  strive 
To  lavish  out  their  years. 

2  Our  days  run  thoughtlessly  along, 

Without  a  moment's  stay  ; 
Just  like  a  story  or  a  song 
We  pass  our  lives  away. 

3  God  from  on  high  invites  us  home, 

But  we  march  heedless  on, 

And  ever  hastening  to  the  tomb, 

Stoop  downward  as  we  run. 

4  How  we  deserve  the  deepest  hell 

Who  slight  the  joys  above  ! 
What  chains  of  vengeance  should  we  feel 

WTho  break  such  cords  of  love  I 
3  Draw  us,  O  God,  with  sovereign  grace, 

And  lift  our  thoughts  on.  high, 
That  we  may  end  this  mortal  race, 

And  see  salvation  nigh.         


HYMN     XXX11L        C.  M.  [  *  J 

The  Blessed  Society  in  Hearc?:. 
AISF,  thee,  my  soul,  fly  up  and  run 
\t%  Through  everv  heavenly  street, 
And  say,  There's  nought  below  the  sun 
That's  worthy  of  tby  feet. 
.:   (  Thus  will  we  mount  on  sacred  wings 
And  tread  the  courts  above  : 
Nor  earth,  nor  all  her  mightiest  things, 
Shall  tempt  our  meanest  love.) 

3  There  on  a  high,  majestic  throne 

Th*  Almighty  Father  reigns, 
And  sheds  his  glorious  goodness  down 
On  all  the  blissful  plains. 

4  Bright,  like  the  sun,  the  Saviour  sits, 

And  spreads  eternal  noon  ; 
No  evenings  there,  nor  gloomy  nights, 
To  want  the  feeble  moon. 
5  Amidst  those  ever-shining  skies 
Beii old  the  sacred  Dove  ! 
While  banish'd  sin  and  sorrow  fl-cs 
From  all  the  realrfls  of  love. 
6  The  glorious  tenants  of  (he  place 
-Stand  bending  round  Che  throne  ; 


Book  U.  HYMN'     XXXIV    XXXV.  10* 


And  saints  and  seraphs  sing  and  praise 
The  infinite  Three-One. 

7  (  But,  O,    what  beams  of  heavenly  grace 

Transport  them  all  the  while  I 
Ten  thousand  smiles  from  Jesus'  face, 
And  love  in  every  smile  !) 

8  Jesus,  O,  when  shall  that  dear  day, 

That  joyful  hour  appear, 
When  I  shall  leave  this  house  of  clay, 


To  dwell  among  them  ther 


HYMN     XXXIV.       C.  M.  r  *  1 

Breathing  after  the  Holy  Spirit ;  or,    Fervency   oj  Dei)', 

lion  desired. 
\  /^OME,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 
^  With  all  thy  quickening  powers, 
Kindle  a  flame  of  sacred  love 
In  these  cold  hearts  of  ours. 
B  Look,  how  we  grovel  here  below,, 
Fond  of  these  trifling  toys  : 
Our  souls  can  neither  fly  nor  go 
To  reach  eternal  joys. 
3  In  vain  we  tune  our  formal  songs. 
In  vain  we  strive  to  rise, 
Hosannas  languish  on  our  tongues.? 
And  our  devotion  dies. 
A  Dear  Lord  I  and  shall  we  ever  live 
At  this  poor,  dying  rate  ? 
Our  love  so  faint,  so  cold  to  thee, 
And  thine  to  us  so  great  ? 
5  Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove^ 
With  all  thy  quickening  powers, 
Come,  shed  abroad  a  Saviour's  love, 
And  that  shall  kindle  ours. 


HYMN     XXXV.       C.  M.  (  X  j 

Praise  to  Cloojor  Creation  and  Redemption* 
\  If  LT  them  neglect  thy  glory,  Lord, 
•"-^  Who  never  knew  thy  grace  ; 
But  our  loud  song  shall  still  record 
The  wonders  of  thy  praise. 
2  We  raise  our  shouts,  O  God,  to  thes, 
And  send  them  to  thv  throne  ; 


■11.0  HYMN     XXX VL  Book  II 


All  glory  to  th'  united  Three, 

The  undivided  One. 
'Twas  he,  (  and  we'll  adore  his  name) 

Who  form'd  us  by  a  word  ; 
'Tis  he  restores  our  ruin'd  frame  : 

Salvation  to  the  Lord  ] 
Hosanna  !  let  the  earth  and  skies 

Repeat  the  joyful  sound  ; 
Rocks,  hills  and  vales  reflect  the  voice 

In  one  eternal  round. 


HYMN     XXXVI.       S.  M.  [  *  1 

Christ' 8  Intercession. 

WELL,  the  Redeemer's  gone 
T*  appear  before  our  God, 
To  sprinkle  o'er  the  flaming  throne 

With  his  atoning  blood. 

No  fiery  vengeance  now, 

No  burning  wrath  comes  down  ., 
If  justice  calls  for  sinners'  blood, 

The  Saviour  shows  his  own. 

Before  his  Father's  eye 

Our  humble  suit  he  moves ; 
The  Father  lays  his  thunder  by, 

And  looks,  and  smiles,  and  loves. 

Now,  may  our  joyful  tongues 

Our  Maker's  honour  sing  ; 
Jesus,  the  priest,  receives  our  songs, 

And  bears  them  to  the  King. 

(  We  bow  before  his  face, 

And  sound  his  glories  high, 
<;  Hosanna  to  the  God  of  grace., 

"  Who  lays  his  thunder  by.) 

"  On  earth  thy  mercy  reigns, 

"  And  triumphs  all  above  ;" 
But,  Lord,  how  weak  our  mortal  strains 

To  speak  immortal  love  ! 

(  How  jarring  and  how  low 

Are  all  the  notes  we  sing  ! 
Sweet  Saviour,  tune  our  songs  anew, 

And  they  shall  please  the  King.) 


tiooz  II.      HYMN     XXXVII,    XXXVIII.  iy 


HYMN     XXXVII.      CM.  [  *  J 

The  Same. 
i   "IT  IFT  up  your  eyes  to  th'  heavenly  seat?* 
■"  Where  your  Redeemer  stays  ; 
Kind  intercessor,  there  he  sits, 
And  loves,  and  pleads,  and  prays. 
%  'Twas  well,  my  soul,  he  died  for  thee, 
And  shed  his  vital  blood, 
Appeased  stern  justice  on  the  tree, 
And  then  arose  to  God. 

3  Petitions  now  and  praise  may  rfse, 

And  saints  their  offerings  bring, 
The  priest  with  his  own  sacrifice 
Presents  them  to  the  King. 

4  (  Let  Papists  trust  what  names  they  plea?er 

Their  saints  and  angels  boast; 
We've  no  such  advocates  as  these, 
Nor  pray  to  th'  heavenly  host.) 

5  Jesus  alone  shall  bear  my  cries 

Up  to  his  Father's  throne  : 
He,  dearest  Lord,  perfumes  my  sighs', 
And  sweetens  every  groan. 
.6.  (  Ten  thousand  praises  to  the  King, 
Hosanna  in  the  highest ; 
Ten  thousand  thanks  our  spirits  bring- 
To  God,  and  to  his  Christ.) 


• 


HYMN     XXXVIII.       C.  M.  [  *  j 

Love  to  Gon. 

MAPPY  the  heart,  where  graces  reign, 
Where  love  inspires  th?;  breast: 
Love  is  the  brightest  of  the  train, 

And  strengthens  all  the  rest. 
Knowledge,  alas  !  'tis  all  in  vain, 

And  all  in  vain  our  fear  ; 
Our  stubborn  sins  will  fight  and  reign, 

If  love  be  absent  there. 
'Tis  love,  which  makes  our  cheerful  feet 

In  swift  obedience  move  ; 
The  devils  know,  and  tremble  too, 
But  Satan  cannot  love 
II.  K2 


1 12  HYMN     XXXIX,     XL.  Boo*  II; 

■■___  — 

4  This  is  the  grace,  which  lives  and  sings, 

When  faith  and  hope  shall  cease  ; 
'T's  this  shall  strike  our  joyful  strings 
In  the  sweet  realms  of  bliss. 

5  Before  w,e  quite  forsake  our  clay, 

Or  leave  this  dark  abode, 
The  wings  of  love  bear  us  away 
To  see  our  smiling  God. 


HYMN     XXXIX.      C.  M.  [  fc>  J 

The  Shortness  and  Miserij  of  Life. 
,UR  days,  alas  !  our  mortal  days 
Are  short,  and  wretched  too  ; 
"  Evil  and  few,"  the  patriarch  says. 
And  well  the  patriarch  knew. 

'Tis  but  at  best  a  narrow  bound, 

Which  heaven  allows  to  men, 
And  pains  and  sins  run  through  the  round 

Of  threescore  years  and  ten. 
Well,  if  ye  must  be  sad  and  few, 

Run  on  my  days  in  haste  ; 
Moments  of  sin  and  months  of  woe, 

Ye  cannot  fly  too  fast. 
Let  heavenly  love  prepare  my  soul, 

And  call  her  to  the  skies, 
Where  years  of  long  salvation  roll, 

And  glory  never  dies. 


HYMN     XL.       C.  M.  [  ^  J 

Our  Comfort  in  the  Covenant  made  'with  Chris*. 
1   (T^)UR  God,  how  firm  his  promise  stands, 
^^  Ev'n  when  he  hides  his  face  ! 
He  trusts  in  our  Redeemer's  hands 
His  glory  and  his  grace. 
3  Then  why,  my  soul,  these  sad  complaints, 
Since  Christ  and  we  are  one  ? 
Thy  God  is  faithful  to  his  saints, 
Is  faithful  to  his  Son. 
3  Beneath  his  smiles  my  heart  has  lived, 
And  part  of  heaven  possess'd  ; 
1  pra  se  his  name  for  grace  received, 
And  trust  him  for  the  rest. 


Book  II-  HYMN     XLI,    tilt.     : UB 


HYMN     XLI.       L.  M.  [  b  } 

A  Sight  of  God  mortifies  us  to  the  World. 

(  ]T"TP  to  the  fields  where  angels  lie, 
^   And  living  waters  gently  roll, 

Fain  would  my  thoughts  leap  out  and  fly, 

I3ut  sin  hangs  heavy  on  my  soul. 

Thy  wonderous  blood,  dtar  dy;ng  Christ, 

Can  make  this  world  of  gudt  remove  ; 

And  thou  can'st  bear  me  where  thou  fliest, 

On  thy  kind  wmgs,  celestial  Dove. 

O,  mi glit  I  once  mount  up  and  see 

The  glorias  of  th'  eternal  skies, 

What  little  things  these  worlds  would  be  ? 

How  despicable  to  my  eyes  ?) 

Had  I  a  glance  of  thee,  my  God, 

Kingdoms  and  men  would  vanish  soon; 

Vanish,  as  though  I  saw  them  not, 

As  a  dim  candle  dies  at  noon. 

Then  they  might  fight,  and  rage,  and  rave%> 

I  should  perceive  the  noise  no  more 

Than  we  can  hear  a  shaking  leaf 

While  rattling  thunders  round  us  roar. 

i  Great  AU  in  All,  eternal  King, 
Let  me  but  view  thy  lovely  face, 
And  all  my  powers  shall  bow  and  sing 
Thine  endless  grandeur  and  thy  grace. 


HYMN     XLI  I.       C.  M.  f  *  j 

Delight  in  God. 
Y  God,  what  endless  pleasures  dwell 
Above  at  thy  right  hand  ! 
Thy  courts  below,  how  amiable, 
Where  all  thy  graces  stand  I 
The  swallow  near  thy  temple  lies, 

And  chirps  a  cheerful  note  ; 
The  lark  mounts  upward  tow'rd  thy  skies, 

And  tunes  her  Warbling  throat. 
And  we,  when  in  thy  presence,  Lord, 

We  shout  with  joyful  tongues  ; 
Or  sitting  round  our  Father's  board, 

We  crown  the  feast  with  songs. 
While  Jesus  shines  with  quickening  grace, 
We  s:ng  and  mount  on  high  ; 


•114  HYMN    XLIH. Book  H> 

But  if  a  frown  becloud  his  face, 

We  faint,  and  tire,  and  die  ! 
■3  (Just  as  we  see  the  lonesome  dove 

Bemoan  her  widow'd  state, 
Wandering  she  flies  through  all  the  grove, 

And  mourns  her  loving  mate. 
6  Just  so  our  thoughts  from  thing  to  thing 

In  restless  circles  rove  ; 
Just  so  wcdroop  and  hang  the  wing 

When  Jesus  hides  his  love.) 


HYMN     XL1II.      L.  M.  [  ^  ] 

Christ's  Sufferings  and  Glory. 

1  TVTO  W  for  a  tune  of  lofty  praise 
*^   To  great  Jehovah's  equal  Son  I 
Awake,  my  voice,  in  heavenly  lays, 
Tell  loud  the  wonders  he  hath  done. 

2  Sing  how  he  left  the  worlds  of  light, 
And  the  bright  robes  he  wore  above  ; 

\     How  swift  and  joyful  was  his  flight 
On  wings  of  everlasting  love. 

3  (  Down  to  this  base,  this  sinful  earth» 
He  came  to  raise  our  nature  high  ; 
He  came  t*  atone  almighty  wrath  ; 
Jesus,  the  God,  was  born  to  die.) 

4  (  Hell  and  its  lions  roar'd  around, 

His  precious  blood  the  monsters  spilt  ; 
While  weighty  sorrows  press'd  him  down, 
Large  as  the  loads  of  all  our  guilt.) 

5  Deep  in  the  shades  of  gloomy  death 
Th*  almighty  captive  prisoner  lay  ; 
Th*  almighty  captive  left  the  earth, 
And  rose  to  everlasting  day. 

6  Lift  up  your  eyes,  ye  sons  of  light, 
Up  to  his  throne  of  shining  grace  ; 
See  what  immortal  glories  sit 
Round  the  sweet  beauties  of  his  face. 

7  Among  a  thousand  harps  and  songs, 

Jesus,  the  God,  exalted  reigns, 

His  sacred  name  fills  all  their  tongues, 

And  echoes  through  the  heavenly  plains  •! 


Book  II.  HYMN    XLIV,     XLV.  11 


HYMN     XLIV.       L.  M.  (  b  ) 

Helh ;  or  the  Vengeance  of  God. 
i  "OTITH  holy  fear  and  humble  song, 
V  v    The  dreadful  God  our  souls  adore, 
Reverence  and  awe  becomes  the  tongue* 
Which  speaks  the  terrors  of  his  puwer. 

2  Far  in  the  deep  where  darkness  dwells) 
The  land  of  horror  and  despair, 
Justice  has  built  a  dismal  hell, 

And  laid  i<er  stores  of  vengeance  there. 

3  (  Eternal  plagues  and  heavy  chains, 
Tormenting  racks  and  fiery  coals, 
And  darts  t'  inflict  immortal  pains, 
Dipp'd  in  the  blood  of  damned  souls. 

4  There  Satan,  the  first  sinner  lies, 
And  roars,  and  bites  his  iron  bands ; 
In  vain  the  rebel  strives  to  rise, 

Crush'd  with  the  weight  of  both  thy  hands.) 
3  There  guilty  ghosts  of  Adam's  race 

Shriek  out,  and  howl  beneath  thy  rod; 

Once  they  could  scorn  a  Saviour's  grace,, 

But  they  incensed  a  dreadful  God. 
6  Tremble,  my  soul,  and  kiss  the  Son  $ 

Sinner,  obey  thy  Saviour's  call ; 

Else  your  damnation  hastens  on, 

And  hell  gapes  wide  to  wait  your  fall. 


HYMN     XLV.      L.  M.  (  *  } 

God's  Condescension  to  our  Worship.. 
1-  HpHY  favours,  Lord.,  surprise  our  souls  -> 
«*■    Will  the  eternal  dwell  with  us  ?     • 
What  canst  thou  find  beneath  the  poles, 
To  tempt  thy  chariot  downward  thus  I 

2  Still  might  he  fill  his  starry  throne, 

And  please  his  ears  with  Gabriel's  songs  ; 
But  heavenly  Majesty  comes  down, 
And  bows  to  hearken  to  our  tongues. 

3  Great  God,  what  poor  returns  we  pay 
For  love  so  infinite  as  thine  ! 

Words  are  but  air,  and  tongues  but  clay, 
But  thy  compassion's  all  divine. 


116  HYMN     XLVT,     XLVIC.  Book  II. 


HYMN     XLVI.       L.  M.  ( 

God's  Condescension  to  Human  Affairs, 

A  TTP  to  the  Lord,  who  reigns  on  high, 
^  And  views  the  nations  from  afar, 
Let  everlasting  praises  fly, 
And  tell  how  large  his  bounties  are. 

0  (  He,  who  can  shake  the  worlds  he  madcj- 
O-r  with  his  word  or  with  his  rod, 
His  goodness,  how  amazing  great  1 
And  what  a  condescending  God  1 

•3  God,  who  must  stoop  to  view  the  skies/ 
And  bow  to  see  what  angels  do, 
Down  to  the  earth  he  casts  his  eyes, 
And  bends  his  footsteps  downward  too.) 

4  He  over-rules  all  mortal  things, 
And  manages  our  mean  affairs  : 
On    humble  souls  the  King  of  kings 
Bestows  his  counsels  and  his  cares. 

5  Our  sorrows  and  our  tears  we  pour 
Into  the  bosom  of  our  God  ; 

He  hears  us  in  the  mournful  hour, 
And  helps  us  bear  the  heavy  load. 

6  In  vain  might  lofty  princes  try 
Such  condescension  to  perform  ; 

For  worms  were  never  raised  so  high, 
Above  their  meanest  fellow-worm. 

7  Oh  1  could  our  thankful  hearts  devise 
A  tribute  equal  to  thy  grace, 

To  the  third  heaven  our  songs  should  rise* 
And  teach  the  golden  harps  thy  praise. 


HYMN     XLV1I.     L.  M.  (  *  ) 

Glory  and  Grace  in  the  Person  of  Christ. 
OW  to  the  Lord  a  noble  song  I 
Awake,  my  soul  ;  awake,  my  tongue  ; 
Hosanna  to  th'  eternal  name, 
And  all  his  boundless  love  proclaim. 
See  where  it  shines  in  Jesus*  face, 
The  brightest  image  of  his  grace  ; 
God  in  the  person  of  his  Son, 
Has  ah  his  mightiest  works  outdone. 


Book  II.  HYMN     XLVIII,    XLIX.  11* 


3  The  spacious  earth,  and  spreading  flood, 
Proclaim  the  wise,  the  powi  riul  God  ; 
And  thy  rich  glories  from  afar 
Sparkle  in  every  rolling  star  : 

4  But  in  his  looks  a  gloi  y  stands, 
The  noblest  labour  of  thine  hands  : 
The  pleasing  lustre  of  his  eyes 
Outshines  the  wonders  of  the  skies. 

3  Grace  ]  'tis  a  sweet,  a  charming  theme  ; 
My  thoughts  rejoice  at  Jesus'  name  ! 
Ye  angels,  dwell  upon  the  sound  ; 
Ye  heavens,  reflect  it  to  the  ground  ! 

6  O,  may  I  live  to  reach  the  place, 
Where  he  unveils  his  iovely  face  I 
AVnere  all  his  beauties  you  behold, 
And  sing  his  name  to  harps  of  gold ! 


HYMN     XLVIII.       CM.  I  %  ) 

hove  to  the  Creatures  is  dangerous, 

1  TOTOW  vain  are  all  things  here  below  5 
■"■•"■    How  false,  and  yet  how  fair! 

Eac  h  pleasure  hath  its  poison  too, 
And  every  sweet  a  snare. 

2  The  brightest  things  be?ow  the  sky 

Give  but  a  flattering  light  ; 
We  should  suspect  some  danger  nigh, 
Where  we  possess  delight 

3  Our  dearest  joys,  and  nearest  friends, 

The  partners  of  our  blood,  * 

How  they  divide  our  wavering  minds, 
And  leave  but  half  for  God  1 

4  The  fondness  of  a  creaiuie's  love, 

flow  strong  it  strikes  the  sense  ! 
Thither  the  warm  affections  move, 
Nor  can  we  call  them  thence. 

5  Dear  Saviour,  let  thy  beauties  be 

My  soul's  eternal  food  ; 
And  grace  command  my  heart  away 
From  all  created  good. 


HYMN     XLIX.     CM.  [  (,  j 

Moses  dying  in  the  embraces  of  God* 
EATH  cannot  make  our  souls  airaid) 
If  God  be  with  us  there  * 


118  HYMN    L. 


We  may  walk  through  its  darkest  shade* 
And  never  yield  to  fear. 

2  I  could  renounce  my  all  below, 

If  my  Creator  bid; 
And  run,  if  I  were  call'd  to  go, 
And  die  as  Moses  did. 

3  Might  I  but  climb  to  Pisgah's  top, 

And  view  the  promised  land, 

My  flesh  itself  would  long  to  drop, 

And  pray  for  the  command. 

4  Clasp'd  in  my  heavenly  Father's  armsj 

I  would  forget  my  breath  ; 
£nd  lose  my  life  among  the  charms 
Of  so  divine  a  death. 


HYMN     L.     L.  M.  (  b  ) 

Comforts  under  Sorrows  and  Pains, 

1  ^TOW  'et  lne  Lord,  my  Saviour,  smile, 

•*^    And  show  my  name  upon  his  heart ; 

I  would  forget  my  pains  awhile, 

And  in  the  pleasure  lose  the  smart. 
%  But  O,  it  swells  my  sorrows  high, 

To  see  my  blessed  Jesus  frown  ; 

My  spirits  sink,  my  comforts  die, 

And  all  the  springs  of  life  are  down. 

3  Yet  why,  my  soul,  why  these  complaints  ?" 
Still,  while  he  frowns,  his  bowels  move  ; 
Still  on  his  heart  he  bears  his  saints, 

And  feels  their  sorrows,  and  his  love. 

4  My  name  is  printed  on  his  breast ; 
His  book  of  life  contains  my  name  : 
I'd  rather  have  it  there  impress'd, 
Than  in  the  bright  records  of  fame. 

5  When  the  last  fire  burns  all  things  here. 
Those  letters  saall  securely  stand, 

And  in  the  Lamb's  fair  book  appear, 
Writ  by  th*  eternal  Father's  hand. 

6  Now  shall  my  minutes  smoothly  run, 
Whilst  here  I  wait  my  Father's  will; 
My  rising  and  my  setting  sun 

Roll  gently  up  and  down  the  hill) 


Book  II.  HYMN     LI,    LII.  119 


HYMN     LI.     L.     M.  (  *  or  fc> 

God)  the  Son,  equal  ivith  the  Father, 
1   T5  RIGHT  King  of  Glory,  dreadful  God! 

■*"*   Our  spirits  bow  before  thy  seat  : 

To  thee  we  lift  .i  humble  thought, 

And  worship  at  thine  awful  feet, 
•2  (Thy  power  hath  fornvd,  thy  wisdom  sways 

All  nature  with  a  sovereign  word  ; 

And  the  bright  world  of  stars  obeys 

The  will  of  their  superior  Lord.) 
3  (Mercy  and  truth  unite  in  one, 

And,  smiling,  sit  at  thy  right  hand  : 

Eternal  justice  guards  thy  throne, 

And  vengeance  waits  thy  dread  command,) 

A  thousand  seraphs,  strong  and  bright, 

Stand  round  the  glorious  Deity  ; 

Cut  who,  anong  the  sons  of  hghtj 

Pretends  comparison  with  the*  I 
5  Yet  there  is  one,  of  human  frame, 

Jesus,  array'd  in  flesh  ^nd  blood, 

Thinks  it  no  robbery  to  claim 

A  full  equality  with  God. 

(Iheir  glory  shines  with  equal  beams  ; 

Their  essence  is  forever  one  ; 

Though  they  are  known  by  different  names, 

The  Father,  God,  and  God,  the  Son. 

Then  let  the  name  of  Christ,  our  King, 

With  equal  honours  be  adored  ; 

His  praise  let  every  angel  sing, 

And  all  the  nations  own  the  Lord.) 


HYMN     LII.     C.     M. 

Death  dreadful,  or  delightful. 

^ATH  !  'tis  a  melancholy  day 

To  those  who  have  no  God, 
When  the  poor  soul  is  forced  away 
To  seek  her  last  abode. 
B  In  vain  to  heaven  she  lifts  her  eyes  ; 
But  guilt,  a  heavy  chair, 
Still  drags  her  downwards  from  the  :k'es, 
To  darkness,  fire,  and  pain. 

m  n.  l 


:jO HYMN     LUL 15ook  II. 

Awake  and  mourn,  ye  heirs  of  hell, 

Let  stubborn  sinners  fear  ; 
You  must  be  driven  from  earth,  and  dwell 

A  long  forever  there. 
See  how  the  pit  gapes  wide  for  you, 

And  Mashes  in  your  face  ; 
And  thou,  my  soul,  look  downward  too 

And  sing  recovering  grace. 
He  is  a  God  of  sovereign  love, 

Who  promised  heaven  to  me, 
And  taught  my  thoughts  to  soar  above, 

Where  happy  spirits  b_'. 
Prepare  me,  Lord,  for  thy  right  hand, 

Then  come  the  joyful  day  ; 
Come,  death,  and  some  celestial  band, 

To  bear  my  soul  aw^y. 


HYMN     LI II.       C.  M.  [  fc  J 

T,':e  pilgrimaffs  of  the  Faints  ;  or,  Earth  arid  Heaven. 
I  ]T   ORD  !  what  a  wretched  land  is  this, 
-^  Which  yields- us  no  supply  ! 
No  cheering  fruits,  no  wholesome  trees, 
Nor  streams  of  living  joy  i 
3  But  prickling  thorns  through  all  the  ground, 
And  mortal  poisons  -*row  ; 
Am'  all  the  rivers,  winch  are  found, 
With  dangerous  waLrs  flow. 

3  Yet  the  dear  path  to  thine  abode   . 

Lies  through  this  horrid  land  : 
Lord,    we  would  keep  that  heavenly  road, 
•     .aid  run  at  thy  command. 

4  Our  souls  shall  tread  the  desert  through 

With  undiverted  ft- et  ; 
And  faith,  and  flaming  zeal,  subdue 
The  terrors  which  we  meet. 

5  (  A  thousand  savage  beasts  of  prey 

Around  the  forest  roam  : 
But  Jhdah's  Lion  guards  the  way,   , 
Ai  d  guides  the  strangers  home.) 

6  (  Long  nights  and  darkness  dweli  below, 

With  scarce  a  twinkling  ray  ; 
Vjxm  the  bright  world  to  which,  we  go 
Is  everU  sting  day.) 


Book  II.  HYMN     LI\ ".  I2i 


7  By  glimmering  hopes,  and  gloomy  fears. 
We  trace  ^he  sacred  road  ; 
Through  dismal  deeps,  and  dangerous  snares> 
We  make  our  way  to  God. 
S  Our  journey  is  a  thorny  maze, 
But  we  marten  upward  still  ; 
Forget  these  troubles  of  the  ways, 
And  reach  at  Zion's  hill. 

9  (  See  the  kind  angels,  at  the  gates, 

Inviting  us  to  come  i 
There  Jesus,  the  forerunner,  waits 
To  welcome  travellers  home  ) 

10  There,  on  a  green  and  flowery  mount, 

Our  weary  souls  shall  sit, 
And.  With  transporting  joys,  recount 
The  labours  of  our  feet. 

1 1  (  No  vain  discourse  shall  fiil  our  tongue, 

Nor  trifles  vex  our  ear  ; 
Infinite  grace  shall  be  our  song, 
And  God  rejoice  to  hear.) 

12  Eternal  glory  to  the  King, 

Who  brought  us  safely  through  ; 
Oar  tongues  shall  never  cease  to  sing, 
And  endless  praise  renew. 


HYMN     LIV.      CM.  [  ^  } 

God's  presence  is  Light  in  Darkness. 
1  TX/jTY  God,  the  spring  of  all  my  joys, 
±*»-  The  life  of  my  delights, 
The  glory  of  my  brightest  days, 
And  comfort  of  my  nights* 

?  In  darkest  shades  if  he  appear, 
My  dawning  is  begun  ! 
He  is  my  soul's  sweet  morning    tar, 
And  he  my  rising  sun. 
<3  The  opening  heavens  around  me  shine 
With  beams  of  sacred  bliss, 
While  Jesus  shows  his  heart  is  mine, 
And  whispers,  I  am  his. 
4  My  soul  would  leave  this  heavy  clay, 
At  that  transporting  word, 
Run  up  with  joy  the  shining  way, 
T'  embrace  my  dearest  Lord. 


HYMN     LV,     LVf.  Book  II 


rles  of  hell  aud  ghastly  death, 
I'd  break  through  every  foe  ; 
The  wings  of  love,  and  arms  of  faith 
Shall  bear  me,  conqueror,  through. 


HYMN     LV.      C.  M.  [  b  1 

Frail  Life,  and  succeeding  Eternity.- 

1  P]pHEE  we  adore,  Eternal  Name, 

-*■    And  humbly  own  to  thee, 
How  feeble  is  our  mortal  frame  ; 
What  dying  worms  are  we  ! 

2  (  Our  wasting  lives  grow  shorter  still,- 

As  months  and  days  increase  ; 
And  every  beating  pulse  we  tell, 
Leaves  but  the  number  less. 

3  The  year  rolls  round,  and  steals  away 

The  breath  which  first  it  gave  ; 

Whate'er  we  do,  where'er  we  be, 

We're  travelling  to  the  grave.) 

4  Dangers  stand  thick  through  all  the  ground/ 

To  push  us  to  the  tomb  ; 
And  fierce  diseases  wait  around, 
To  hurry  mortals  home. 

5  Good  God,  on  what  a  slender  thread 

Hang  everlasting  things  I 
Th'  eternal  states  of  all  the  dead 
Upon  life's  feeble  strings  I 
j  Infinite  joy,  or  endles:  wo 
Attends  on  eVLjry  breath  > 
And  yet  how  unconcern'd  we  go 
Upon  the  brink  of  death  ! 

Waken,  O  Lord,  our  drowsy  sense 

To  walk  this  dangerous  road  ; 
And  if  our  souls  are  hurry'd  hence, 

May    they  be  found  with  God. 


HYMN     LVL      C.  M.  (   b  J 

The  Winery  of  being  without  God  in  this   World ;    cr,   vain 

Prosperity. 
I    'j^jJ^  •   I  shall  envy  them  no  more,. 
*  ^    Who  grow  profanely  great, 
Though  they  increase  their  golden  sto»c 
And  rise  to  wonderous  height. 


Book  If.  HYMN     LVII.         123 


2  They  taste  of  all  the  joys  which  grow 

Upon  this  earthly  clod  ; 
Well,  they  may  search  the  creature  through, 
For  they  have  ne*er  a  God. 

3  Shake  off  the  thoughts  of  dying  too, 

And  think  your  life  your  own  ; 
But  death  comes  hastening  on  to  you, 

To  mow  your  glory  down. 
4>  Yes,  you  must  bow  your  stately  head  ; 

Away  your  spirit  flies  ; 
And  no  kind  angel  near  your  bed; 

To  bear  it  to  the  skies. 
5  Go  now,  and  boast  of  all  your  stores/ 

And  tell  how  bright  you  shine  ; 
Your  heaps  of  glittering  dust  are  yours', 

And  my  Redeemer's  mine  ! 


HYMN     LVII.       L.  M.  (  %  ) 

The  Pleasures  of  a  good  Consuence* 

1  Tj*   ORD,  how  secure  and  bless'd  are  they, 
■*-^  Who  feel  the  joys  of  pardon'd  sin  ! 
Should  storms  of  wrath  shake  earth  and  sea. 
Their  minds  have  heaven  and  peace  within. 

2  The  day  glides  sweetly  o'er  their  heads, 
Made  up  of  innocence  and  love  ; 

And  soft  and  silent  as  the  shades, 
Their  nightly  minutes  gently  move. 

3  (  Quick  as  their  thoughts  their  joys  come  on, 
Bit  fly  not  half  so  swift  away  ! 

Their  souls  are  ever  bright  as  noon,. 
And  calm,  as  summer  evenings  be. 

4  How  oft  they  look  to  th'  heavenly  hills, 
Where  groves  of  living  pleasure  grow  ! 
And  longing  hopes,  and  cheerful  smiles, 
Sit  undisturb'd  upon  their  brow.) 

5  They  scorn  to  seek  our  golden  toys; 
But  spend  the  day  and  share  the  night 
In  numbering  o'er  the  richer  joys, 
Which  heaven  prepares  t'ov  their  delight. 

6  While  wretched  we,  like  worms  and  moles^ 
Lie  grov'ling  in  the  dust  below  ; 
Almighty  grace,  renew  our  souls, 

And  we'll  aspire  to  glory  tod. 
B\  IP.  fc-2 


<34  HYMN     LV111,     LIX.  Book  U> 

HYMN- LVIIL      C.  M.  "Tbl^ 

77ie  Shortness  of  Life,  and  the  Goodness  of  God. 

1  npiME  !   what  an  empty  vapour  'tis  ! 

-**•    And  days,  how  swift  they  are  I 
Swift,  as  an  Indian  anow  flies, 
Or,  like  a  shooting  star. 

2  (The  present  moments  just  appear, 

Then  slide  away  in  haste ; 
That  we  can  never  say — they're  here  ; 
But  only  say — they're9/2ast.) 

3  (  Our  life  is  ever  on  the  wing, 

And  death  is  ever  nigh  ; 
The  moment,  when  our  lives  begin. 
We  all  begin  to  die.) 

4  Yet,  mighty  God  i  our  fleeting  days 

Thy  lasting  favours  share  ; 
Yet,  with  the  bounties  of  thy  grace, 
Thou  load'st  the  rolling  year. 

5  'Tis  sovereign  mercy  finds  us  food> 

And  we  are  clothed  with  love  ; 
While  grace  stands  pointing  out  the  road, 
Which    leads  our  souls  above. 

6  His  goodness  runs  an  endless  round  ; 

All  glory  to  the   Lord  ! 
His  mercy  never  knows  a  bound  ; 

And  be  his  name  adored  I 
t  Thus  we  begin  the  lasting   song  ; 

And  when  we  close  our  eyes, 
Let  the  next  age  thy  name  prolong, 

Till  time  and  nature  dies.  - 


HYMN     LIX.       C.  M.  (  *  ) 

Paradise  on  Earth. 

1  >/"N  LORY'  to  God,  who  walks  the  sky, 
^^   And  sends  his  blessings  through  j 
Who  tells  his  saints  of  joys  on  high, 

And  gives  a  taste  below. 

2  (  Glory  to  God,  who  stoops  his  throne, 

That  dust  and  worms  may  see't, 
And  brings  a  glimpse  of  glory  down 
Around  his  sacred  feet. 

3  When  Christ,  with  all  hi3  graces  crown'd, 

Sheds  his  kind  beams  abroad, 


Book:  II.  HYMN     LX.  U5 


'Tts  a  young-  heaven  on  earthly  ground 
And  glory  in   the  bud. 
4  A  blooming  paradise  of  joy 
In  this  wild  desert  springs  ; 
And  every  sense  I  straight  employ 
On    sweet,  celestial  things. 
3  While  lillies  all  around  appear, 
And  each  his  glory  shows  ; 
The  rose  of  Sharon  blossoms  here, 
Tne  fairest  flower  which  blows. 

6  Cheerful  I  feast  on  heavenly  fruit, 

And  drink  the  pleasures  down  ; 
Pleasures,  which  How  hard  by  the  foot 
Of  the  eternal  throne.) 

7  But  ah  I  how  soon  my  joys^decay.; 

How  soon  my  sins  arise, 
And  snatch  the  heavenly  scene  away 
From  these  lamenting  eyes  ! 

8  When  shall  the  time,  dear  Jesus,  when 

The  shining  day  appear, 
That  I  shall  leave  these  clouds  of  sin, 
And  guilt,  and  darkness  here  ! 

9  Up  to  the  fields  above  the    skies 

My  hasty  feet  would  go  ; 
There  everlasting  flowers  arise, 
And  joys  unwitnering  grow. 


HYMN     LX.       L.   M.  f  *  3 

The  Truth  of  God,  the  Promise?  ;  ory  the  Promises  are 
our  Security. 

1  "OR  AISE,  everlasting  praise  be  paid 

■"■      To  H»m,  who  earth's  foundation  !a;d  : 
Praise  to   the  God,  whose  strong  decrees 
Sway  the  creation   as  he  please. 

2  Praise  to  the  goodness  of  the  Lord, 
Who  rules  Ins  people  by  his  word  ; 
And  there,  as  strong  as  his  decrees, 
He  sets  his  kindest  promises. 

3  (  Firm  are  the  words  his  prophets  give  ; 
Sweet  words,  on  which  his  children  live  j 
Each  of  them  is  the  vo'ce  of  God, 
Who  spake,  and  spread  the  skies  abroad. 


126  HYMN     LXf.  Book  III 


4  Each  of  them  powerful  as  that  sound 
Which  bid  the  new-made  world  go  round: 
And  stronger  than  the  solid  poles, 

On  wnich  the  wheel  of  nature  rolls.) 

5  Whence  then  should  doubts  and  fears  arise  ? 
Wny  trickling  sorrows  drown  our  eyes  ?* 
Slowly,  alas  I   our  mind  receives 

The  comforts  which  our  Maker  give*. 

6  O,  for  a  strong,  a  lasting  faith, 

To  credit  what  th'  Almighty  saith  ! 
T*  embrace  the  message  of  his  Son, 
And  call  the  joys  of  heaven  our  own  ! 

7  Then  shall  the  earth's  old  pillars  shake, 
And  all  the  wheels  of  nature  break  ; 
Our  steady  souls  would  fear  no  more 
Than  solid  rocks,  when  billows  roar. 

8  Our  everlasting  hopes  arise 
Above  the  rumable  skies, 
Where  the  eternal  Builder  reigns, 
And  his  own  court  his  power  sustains. 


HYMN     LXI.       C.  M.  [  5.  ] 

A  Thought  of  Death  and  Glory. 

]   ]\A[^r  soul*  come,  meditate  the  day, 
**■*   And  think  how  near  it  stands, 
When  thou  must  quit  this  house  of  clay, 
And  fly  to  unknown  lands. 
2*  {  And  you,  mine  eyes,  look- down  and  view 
The  hollow,  gaping  tomb  : 
This  gloomy  prison  waits  for  you, 
Whene'er  the  summons  come.) 
3»  Oh  !   could  we  die  with  those  who  diej 
And  place  us  in  their  stead  ; 
Then  would  our  spirits  learn  to  fly, 
And  converse  with  the  dead. 

4  Then  should  we  see  the  saints  above 

In  their  own  glorious  forms, 
And  wonder  why  our  souls  s'lould  love 
To  dwell  with  mortal  worms. 

5  (How  we  should  scorn  these  clothes  of  flesh. 

These  fetters  and  this  load, 
And  long  far  evening  to  undress. 
That  we  may  re^st  with  God.)~ 


Book  II.  HYMN     LXII,     LXIII.  127 

— !  ■       ■         «J" 


6  We  should  al  nosi  forsake  our  clay 
Bjfn'e  t  10  summons  come, 
And  pray  and  wish  our  souls  away 
To  their  eternal  uome. 


HYMN     LXII.       C.   M.  [|,or»J 

God  the  Thunderer  ;  or,  the  Last  Judgment  end  Hell* 

1  OINCi  to  the  Lard,  ye  heavenly  hosts, 
^  And  thou,  O  earth,  adore  : 

Let  death  and  hell,  through  all  their  coasts, 
Stand  trembling  at  his  power. 

2  His  sounding  chariot  shakes  the  sky, 

He  makes  the  clouds  his  throne  ; 

There  all  his  stores  of  lightning  lie, 

Till  vengeance  darts  them  down. 

3  His  nostrils  breathe  out  fiery  streams*- 

And  from  h's  awful  tongue 
A  sovereign  voice  divides  the  flames, 
And  thunder  roars  along  » 

4  Think,  O  my  soul,  the  dreadful  day, 

When  this  incensed  God 
Shall  rend  the  sky,  and  burn  the  sea, 
And  flmg  his  wrath  abroad  ! 

5  What  shall  the  wretch,  the  sinner  do? 

He  once  defied  the  Lord  : 
But  he  shall  dread  the  Thunderer  now, 
And  sink  beneath  his  word. 

6  Tempests  of  angry  fire  shall  roll, 

To  blast  the  rebel  worm, 
And  beat  upon  his  naked  soul 
In  one  eternal  storm- 
WMade  in  a  great  sudden  storm  of  thunder,  Aug.  20',  169T, 


HYMN     LXII1.       C.  M.  [  b  J 

A  Funeral  2'hought. 

ARK  !  from  the  tombs,  a  doleful  sound  !> 
Mine  ears  attem!  the  cry — 
tl  Ye  living  men,  come,  view  the  ground 

';  Where  you  must  shortly  lie. 
"Princes,  this  clay  must  be  your  bed, 

"  In  spite  of  all  your  towers  ; 
W  The  tall,  the  wise,  the  reverend  head. 
"Must  lie  as  low  as  ours." 


128  HYMN     LXIV,     LXV\  Hook  II. 


3  Great  God  !  is  this  our  certain  doom  ? 

And  are  we  still  secure  ! 
Still  walking  downward  to  the  tomb. 
And  yet  prepare  no  more  ? 

4  Grant  us  the  powers  of  quickening  grace, 

To  fit  our  souls  to  fly  ; 
Then,  when  we  drop  this  dying  flesh, 
We'll  rise  above  the  sky. 


HYMN     LXIV.       L.  M.  [  *  ] 

God,  the  Glory  and  Defence  oj  Sion. 

1  TTTAPPY  the  church,  thou  sacred  place, 
,  J.1L  The  seat  of  thy  Creator's  grace  j 

Thine  holy  courts  are  his  abodes 
Thou  earthly  palace  of  our  God. 

2  Thy  walls  are  strength,  and  at  thy  gates 
A  guard  of  heavenly  warriors  waits  ; 
Nor  shall  thy  deep  foundations  move, 
Fix'd  on  his  counsels,  and  his  love. 

3  Thy  foes  in  vain- designs  engage  ; 
Against  his  throne  in  vain  they  rage  ; 
Like  rising  waves,  with  angry  roar, 
"Which  dash  and  die  upon  the  shore. 

4  Then  let  our  souls  in  Zion  dwell, 
Nor  fear  the  wrath  of  Rome  and  hell ; 
His  arms  embrace  this  happy  ground, 
Like  brazen  bulwarks  built  around. 

5  God  is  our  shield,  and  God  our  sun  ; 
Swift  as  the  fleeting  moments  run, 
On  us  he  sheds  new  beams  of  grace, 
And  we  reflect  his  brightest  praise. 


HYMN     LXV.       CM,  [  *  J 

The  H^fies  of  Heaven  our  Su/iport  under  TriaU  on   EartH\ 

1  \&T HEN  I  can  read  my  title  clear 

v  V     To  mansions  in  the  skies, 
I  bid  farewell  to  every  fear, 
And, wipe  my  weeping  eyes. 

2  Should  earth  against  my  soul  engage, 

And  hellish  darts  be  hurl'd, 
Then  I  can  smile  at  Satan's  rage, 
And  face  a  frowning  world. 


Book  II.  HYMN     LXVI,    LXVII.  129 


3  Let  cares,  like  a  wild  deluge,  come, 

And  storms  of  sorrow  fall  ; 
May  1  but  safely  reach  my  home, 
My  God,  my  heaven,  my  all  : 

4  There  shall  I  bathe  my  weary  soul 

In  seas  of  heavenly  lest  ; 
»   And  not  a  wave  of  trouble  roll 
Across  my  peaceful  breast. 


HYMN     LXVI.       C.  M.  [  *  ] 

A  Prozfiect  of  Heaven  makes  Death  ea&y, 
i   FjTHERE  is  a  land  of  pure  delight, 
Where  saints  immortal  reign, 
Jnfinite  day  exc:utles  the  t,;ght, 
And  pleasures  banish  pain. 

2  There  everlasting  spring  abides, 

And  never-withering  flowers  ; 
Death,  like  a  narrow  sea.  divides 
This  heaven  y  land  from  ours. 

3  (  Sweet  fields,  beyond  the  swelling  flood', 

Stand  dress'd   n  living  green  : 
So  to  the  Jews  old  Canaan  stood, 
While  Jordan  roll'd  between. 

4  But  timorous  mortals  start  and  shrink, 

To  cross  tljs  narrow  sea, 
And  linger,  shivering  on  the  brink, 
And  (ear  to  launch  away.) 

5  O,  could  we  make  our  doubts  remove, 

Those  gloomy  doubts  which  rise, 
And  see  the  Canaan  which  we  love, 
With  unbcclouded  eyes  ; 

6  Coold  we  but  climb  where  Moses  stood, 

And  view  the  landscape  o'er, 
Not  Jordan's  stream,  nor  death's  cold  flood, 
Should  fright  us  from  the  shore. 

HYMN     LXVII.       C.  M.  (  %  > 

■God's  Eternal  Dominion. 
'■    4T%  REAT  God,  how  infinite  art  thou  ! 
^-J   What  worthless  worms  are  we  ! 
Let  the  whole  race  of  creatures  bow, 
And  pay  their  praise  to  thee. 


120 


HYMN    LXVIII, 


Book  II 


~   Thy  throne  eternal  ages  stood, 
Ere  seas  or  stars  were  made  : 
1  hou  art  the  ever  living  God, 
U\re  all  the  nations  dead, 
5  Nature  and  time  quite  naked  lie 
To  thine  immense  survey, 
From  the  formation  of  the  sky, 
To  the  great  burning  day. 

4  Eternity,  with  all  its  years, 

Stands  present  iri  thy  view  ; 
To  thee  there's  nothing  old  appears  ; 
Great  God^  there's  nothing  new   ! 

5  Our  lives  thro*  various  scenes  arc  drawn, 

And  vex'd  with  trifling  cares, 
While  thine  eternal  thoughts  move  on 
Thine  undisturbed  affurs* 

6  Great  God,  how  infinite  art  thou  ! 

What  worthless  worms  are  we  ! 
Let  the  whole  race  of  creatures  bow, 
And  pay  their  praise-  to  thee. 


HYMN     LXVIII.       C.  M. 
The  Humble  Worship,  of  Heaven, 


(   X  ) 


1  pi  ATHER,  I  long,  I  faint  to  see 
•**-     The  place  of  thine  abode.! 

I'd  leave  thy  earthly  courts  and  flee 
Up  to  thy  seat,  my  God  i 

2  Here  I  bthold  thy  distant  face, 

And  'tis  a  pleasing  sight ; 
But  to  abide  in  thine  embrace 
Is  infinite  delight  ! 

3  I'd  part  with  all  the  joys  of  sense, 

To  gaze  upon  thy  throne  ; 
Pleasure  springs  fresh  forever  thence. 
Unspeakable}  unknown. 

4  (  There  all  the  heavenly  hosts  are  seen; 

In  shining  ranks  they  move  ; 
And  drink  immortal  vigour  in, 
With  wonder,  and  with  love. 
$    Then  at  thy  feet  with  awful  fear 
Th'  adoring  armies  fall  ; 
With  joy  they  shrink  to  nothing  there. 
Before  th'  eternal  all. 


Book  II.  HYMN    LXIX.  1 3 1- 


■ 


There  I  would  vie  with  all  the  host 

In  duty  and  in  bliss ; 
"While  less  than  nothing  I  could  boast, 

And  vanity  confess.) 
The  more  thy  glories  strike  mine  eyes, 

The  numblet  I  shall  he  ; 
Thus,  while  I  sink,  my  joys  shall  rise 

Unmeasurably  high. 


HYMN     LXIX.       C.  M.  [  x  ] 

The  Faithfulness  0/  God  in  the  Promises. 

1  ^R^GI^'  my  ton£ue>  some  heavenly  theme, 

*-•  And  speak  some  boundless  thing; 
The  mighty  works,  or  mightier  name 
Oi  our  eternal  King. 

2  Tell  of  his  wonderous  faithfulness, 

And  sound' his  power  abroad  ; 
Sing  the  sweet  promise  of  his  grace, 
And  the  performing  God. 

3  Proclaim  salvation  from  the  Lord, 

For  iv retched,  dying  men  ; 
His  hand  has  writ  the  sacred  word 
With  an  immortal  pen. 

4  Engraved,  as  in  eternal  brass, 

The  mighty  promise  shines  ; 
Nor  can  the  powers  of  darkness  raze 
Those  everlasting  lines.) 

5  (  He,  who  can  dash  whole  worlds  to  death, 

And  make  them  when  he  please  ; 
He  speaks— and  that  almighty  breath 
Fulfils  his  great  decrees. 

6  His  very  word  of  grace  is  strong, 

As  that  which  built  the  skies  ; 
The  voice,  which  rolls  the  stars  along, 
Speaks  all  the  promises. 

7  He  said — Lei  the  wide  heaven  be  s/iread, 

And  heaven  was  stretch'd  abroad  : 
AbralCm^  I'll  be  thy  God>  he  said, 
And  he  was  Abrah'm's  God, 

8  O,  might  I  hear  thy  heavenly  tongue 

But  whisper — thou  art  mine  I 

B.  II.  M 


W HYMN    LXX.  Book  I 

Those  gentle  words  should  raise  my  song 

To  notes  almost  divine. 
9  How  would  my  leaping  heart  rejoice, 

And  think  my  heaven  secure  ! 
I  trust  the  all-creating  voice, 

And  faith  desires  no  more.) 


HYMN     LXX.       L.  M.  f  %  ] 

God's  Dominion  over  the  Sea.     Psal   cvn.  23,  Sec. 
i  /O  OO  of  the  seas,  thy  thundering  voice 
V*  Makes  all  the  roaring  waves  rejoice  ; 
And  one  soft  word  of  thy  command 
Can  sink  them,  silent,  in  the  sand. 

2  If  but  a  Moses  wave  thy  rod, 

The  sea  divides  and  owns  its  God  ; 
T   e  stormy  floods  their  Maker  knew, 
And  let  his  chosen  armies  through. 

3  The  scaly  flocks,  amidst  the  sea, 
To  thee,  theii  Lord,  a  tribute  pay  ; 

The  meanest  fis.i,  which  swims  the  flood, 
Leaps  up,  and  means  a  praise  to  God. 

4  (The  larger  monsters  of  the  deep 
On  thy  commands  attendance  keep: 
By  thy  permission,  sport  and  play, 
And  cleave  along  their  foaming  way. 

5  If  God  his  voice  of  tempest  rears, 
Leviathan  lies  still,  and  fears; 
Anon  he  lifts  his  nostrils  high, 
And  spouts  the  ocean  to  the  sky.) 

6  I  low  is  thy  glorious  power  adored 
Amidst  these  watery  nations,  Lord  I 
Yet  the  bold  men,  who  trace  the  seas, 
Bold  men,  refuse  their  Maker's  praise.. 

7  (  What  scenes  of  miracles  they  see, 
And  never  tune  a  song  to  thee  ! 
While  on  the  flood  they  safely  ride, 

They  curse  the  hand  which  smooths  the  tide, 

8  Anon  they  plunge  in  watery  graves, 
And  some  drink  death  among  the  waves  : 
Yet  the  surviving  crew  blaspheme, 

Nor  own  the  God,  who  rescued  them.) 

9  O,  for  some  signal  of  thy  hand  ! 

Shake  all  the  seas,  Lord,  shake  the  Land ; 


Book  II.  HYMN     LXXI,    LXXII. 


Great  Judge,  descend,  lest  men  deny- 
That  there's  a  God,  who  rules  the  sky. 

From  the  70th  to  the  \Q8th  hymn,  I  hofie  the  reader  will 
forgive  the  neglect  of  rhyme  in  the  first  and  third  lines  of 
the  stanza. 


HYMN     LXXI.       C.  M.  (  %  ) 

Praise  to  God  from  all  Creatures* 
i  FJpHE  glories  of  my  Maker,  God, 
J*-    My  joyful  voice  shall  sing, 
And  call  the  nations  to  adore 
Their  Former  and  their  King, 

2  'Twas  his  right  hand,  which  shaped  our  clay, 

And  wrought  this  human  frame  ; 
But  from  his  own  immediate  breath 
Our  nobler  spirits  came. 

3  We  bring  our  mortal  powers  to  God, 

And  worship  with  our  tongues  ; 
We  claim  some  kindred  with  the  skies, 
And  join  th'  angelic  songs. 

4  Let  groveling  beasts  of  every  shape, 
And  fowls  of  every  wing, 

And  rocks,  and  trees,  and  fires,  and  seas^ 
Their  various  tribute  bring. 

5  Ye  planets,  to  his  honour  shine  ; 

And  wheels  of  nature  roll  ; 
Praise  hm  in  your  uuweary'd  course 
Around  the  steady  pole. 

6  The  brightness  of  our  Maker's  name 

The  wide  creation  fills, 
And  his  unbounded  grandeur  flies 
Beyond  the  heavenly  hills. 


HYMN     LXXII.       C.  M.  [  #  ] 

The  Lord's  Day  ;  or,  the  Resurrection  of  Christ. 
TiDLESS'D  morning  I   whose  young  dawning  rays 
-*-**  Beheld  our  rising  God  ; 
Which  saw  him  triumph  o'er  the  dust? 

And  leave  his  last  abode. 
In  the  cold  prison  of  a  tomb, 
The  dead  Redeemer  layr 


134  HYMN     LXXIJI,     LXXIV.  Book  II. 


Till  the  revolving  skies  had  brought 

The  third,  th'  appointed  day. 
Hell  and  the  grave  unite  their  force 

To  hold  our  God  in  vain  ; 
The  sleeping  Conqueror  arose, 

And  burst  their  feeble  chain. 

To  thy  great  name,  Almighty  Lord, 

These  sacred  hours  we  pay  ; 
And  loud  hosannas  shall  proclaim 

The  triumph  of  the  day. 

(  Salvation  and  immortal  praise 

To  our  victorious  King; 
X,et  heaven,  and  earth,  and  rocks,  and  seas, 

With  glad  hosannas  ring.) 


HYMN     LXXIII.       C.  xM.  [  *  ] 

Doubts  scattered  ;  or,   Spiritual  Joys  restored. 
TOJENCE  from  my  soul,  sad  thoughts,  be  gone, 
•"■•*■■  And  leave  me  to  my  joys  ; 
My  tongue  shall  triumph  in  my  God, 

And  make  a  joyful  noise. 
Darkness  and  doubts  had  veil'd  my  mind, 

And  drown'd  my  head  in  tears, 
Till  sovereign  grace,  with  shining  rays, 

Disptll'd  my  gloomy  fears. 
O,  what  immortal  joys  I  felt, 

And  raptures  all  divine  — 
When  Jesus  told  me — /  was  his, 

And  my  Beloved  mine  ! 

In  vain  the  tempter  frights  my  soul, 

And  breaks  my  p:ace  in  vain  ; 
One  glimpse,  dear  Saviour,  of  thy  face. 

Revives  my  joys  again. 


HYMN     LXXIV.       S.  M.  (   b  ) 

Repentance  from  a  Sense  of  Divine  Goodness  ;  or}  a  Com- 
plaint of  Jngran tiule, 
1    1[S  this  the  kind  return, 
•*■    \nd  these  the  thanks  we  owe, 
Thus  to  abuse  eternal  love, 

Whence  all  our  blessings  flow  ! 
«►       To  what  a  stubborn  frame 
Has  sin  reduced  our  mind  ! 


Book  IL HYMN    LXXV\ 135 

sL  ■       -~-  '  '  * 

What  strange,  rebellious  wretches  we, 
And  God  as  strangely  kind  t 

3  (  On  us  he  bids  the  sun 
Shed  his  reviving  rays  ; 

For  us  the  skies  their  circles  run. 
To  lengthen  out  our  days. 

4  The  brutes  obey  their  God, 
And  bow  their  necks  to  men  : 

But  we,  more  base,  more  brutish  things, 
Reject  his  easy  reign.) 

5  Turn,  turn  us,  mighty  God, 
And  mould  our  souls  afresh  ; 

Break,  sovereign  grace,  these  hearts  of  stone. 
And  give  us  hearts  of  flesh. 

6  Lee  past  ingratitude 
Provoke  our  weeping  eyes  ; 

And  hourly  as  new  mercies  fall, 
Let  hourly  thanks  arise. 


HYMN     LXXV.      CM.  (  %  ) 

Spiritual  and  Eternal  Joy  ;  or}  the  Beatific  Vision  oj  Chrisi\ 
1  in* ROM  thee,  my  God,  my  joys  shall  rise, 

*    And  run  eternal  rounds, 

Beyond  the  limits  of  the  skies, 
And  all  created  bounds. 

3  The  holy  triumphs  of  my  soul 

Shall  death  itself  outbrave, 
Leave  dull  mortality  behind, 

And  fly  beyond  the  grave. 
S  There,  where  my  blessed  Jesus  reigns. 

In  heaven's  unmeasured  space, 
I'll  spend  a  long  eternity 

In  pleasure  and  in  praise. 

4  Millions  of  years  my  wondering  eyes 

Shall  o'er  thy  beauties  rove  j 
And  endless  ages  I'll  adore 
The  glories  of  thy  love. 

5  (  Sweet  Jesus  i  every  smile  of  thine, 

Shall  fresh  endearments  bring, 
And  thousand  tastes  of  new  delight 
From  all  thy  graces  spring. 
B,  II,  M2 


136  HYMN     LXXVI,    LXXVH.  Bo, 


,kii. 


Haste,  my  Beloved,  fetch  ray  soul 
Up  to  thy  blest  abode  ; 

Fly,  for  my  spirit  longs  to  see 
My  Saviour  and  my  God.) 


HYMN     LXXVI.     CM.         (  3S  > 

The  Resurrection  and  Ascension  of  Christ. 

1  TTTTOSANNA  to  the  Prince  of  Light, 
JO.  "Who  clothed  himself  in  clay  ; 
Enter'd  the  iron  gates  of  death, 

And  tore  the  bars  away. 

2  Death  is  no  more  the  king  of  dread} 

Since  our  Emmanuel  rose  ; 

He  took  the  tyrant's  sting  away, 

And  spoiPd  our  hellish  foes. 

3  See,  how  the  Conqueror  mounts  aloft) 

And  to  his  Father  flies, 
With  scars  of  honour  in  his  flesh, 
And  triumph  in  his  eyes. 

4  There  our  exalted  Saviour  reigns, 

And  scatters  blessings  down  ; 
Our  Jesus  fills  the  middle  seat 
Of  the  celestial  throne. 

5  (  Raise  your  devotion,  mortal  tongue^) 

To  reach  his  blest  abode  ; 
Sweet  be  the  accents  of  your  songs 
To  our  incarnate  God. 

6  Bright  angels,  strike  your  loudest  strings^ 

Your  sweetest  voices  raise  ; 
Let  heaven,  and  all  created  things, 
Sound  our  EmmanuePs  praise.) 

HYMnHlXXVII~L.~~ M.         (  §g  ) 

The  Christian  Warfare, 

f  OT  \NO  up,  my  soul,  shake  off  thy  fears., 

£5   And  gird  the  gospel  armour  on  ; 

March  to  the  gates  of  endless  joy, 

Where  thy  great  Captam^Saviour's  gone. 
2  Hell  and  thy  sins  resist  thy  course  ; 

But  hell  and  sin  are  vanquish'd  foes  ; 

Thy  Jesus  nail'd  them  to  the.  cross, 

And  sung  the  triumph  when  he  rose^ 


Book  II.  HYMN    LXX^IIL  \ST 


3  t  \Vhat  though  the  prince  of  darkness  rage. 
And  waste  the  fury  of  his  spite  ? 

Eternal  chains  confine  him  down 
To  fiery  deeps  and  endless  night. 

4  What  though  thine  inward  lusts  rebel  I  • 
'Tis  but  a  struggling  gasp  for  life  ; 

The  weapons  of  victorious  grace 
Shall  slay  thy  sins,  and  end  the  strife.) 

5  Then  let  my  soul  march  boldly  on. 
Press  forward  to  the  heavenly  gate  ; 
There  peace  and  joy  eternal  reign, 
And  glittering  robes  for  conquerors  waif, 

6  There  shall  I  wear  a  starry  crown, 
And  triumph  in  Almighty  grace, 
While  all  the  armies  of  the  skies 
Join  in  my  glorious  Leader's  praise. 


HYMN     LXXV'III.     C.     M.         (  %  or  b  } 

Rfdemfition  by  Christ. 
I  TJJTHEN  the  fir^t  parents  of  our  race 
vv     Rebell'd,  and  lost  their  God, 
And  the  infection  of  their  sin 
Had  tainted  all  our  blood  ; 
3  Infinite  pity  touch'd  the  heart 
Of  the  eternal  Son  ; 
Descending  from  the  heavenly  courts 
He  left  his  Father's  throne. 

3  Aside  the  Prince  of  Glory  threw 

His  most  divine  array  ; 
And  wrapt  his  Godhead  in  a  veil 
Of  our  inferior  clay. 

4  His  living  power  and  dying  love 

Redeem'd  unhappy  men  ; 
And  raised  the  ruins  of  our  race 
To  life  and  God  again. 
3  To  thee,  clear  Lord,  our  flesh  and  soul 
We  joyfully  resign  ; 
Blest  Jesus,  take  us  for  thy  own, 
For  we  are  doubly  thine. 
6  Thine  honour  shall  forever  be 
The  business  of  our  days  ; 
Eorever  s  v.V:l  our  thankful  tongue/s 
Speak  thy  deserved  praise. 


138  HYMN    LXXIX,     LXXX,  Book  II 


HYMN     LXXIX.     CM.  (  *  or  b 

Praise  to  the  Redeemer. 

1  Tn>LUNG'D  in  a  gulph  of  dark  despair, 
Jl      \Ve  wretched  sinners  lay, 
Without  one  cheerful  beam  of  hope, 

Or  spark  of  glimmering  day  ! 

2  With  p'tying  eyes,  the  Prince  of  Grace, 

Beheld  our  helpless  grief  ; 
He  saw — and  vO,  amazing  love  !) 
He  ran  to  our  relief. 

3  Down  from  the  shining  seats  above 

With  joyful  haste  he  fled, 
Enter'd  the  grave,  in  mortal  flesh, 
And  dwelt  among  Me  dead* 

4  He  spoil'd  the  powers  of  darkness  thus, 

And  brake  our  iron  chains  ; 
Jesus  has  freed  our  captive  souls 
From  everlasting  pains. 

5  ( In  vain  the  baffled  prince  of  hell 

His  cursed  projects  tries  ; 
We,  who  were  doom'd  his  endless  slaves, 
Are  raised  above  the    skies.) 

6  Ot  f^  this  love  1  let  rocks  and  hills 

'Their  lasting  silence  break, 
And  all  harmonious  human  tongues 
The  Saviour's  praises  speak. 

7  r  Yes,  we  will  ptaise  thee,  dearest  Lord  , 

Our  souls  are  all  on  flame  : 
Hosanna,  round  the  spacious  earth, 
To  thine  adored  name  I 

8  Angels,  assist  our  mighty  joys  ; 

Strike  all  your  harps  of  gold  : 
But  when  you  raise  your  highest  notes* 
His  love  can  ne'er  be  told.) 


HYMN     LXXX.       S.  M.  (  *  ) 

God's  awful  Puwer  and  Goodness. 
I  the  almighty  Lord ! 
How  matchless  is  his  power  I 
Tremble,  O  earth,  beneath  his  word, 
While  all  the  heavens  adore. 
Let  proud,  imperious  kings 
Bow  low  before  his  throne  1 


Book  II.  HYMN     LXXXI.  139 


Crouch  to  his  feet,  ye  haughty  things, 

Or  he  shall  tread  you  down. 

Above  the  skes  lie  reigns, 

And  with  amaz.ng  blows 
He  deals  insufferable  pains- 

On  his  rebellious  foes. 

Yet,  everlasting  God, 

We  love  to  speak  thy  praise  ; 
Thy  sceptre's  equal  to  thy  rod, 

The  sceptre  of  thy  grace. 

The  arms  of  mighty  love 

Defend  our  Zion  well, 
And  heavenly  mercy  walls  us  round 

From  Babylon  and  hell. 

Salvation  to  the  King, 

Who  sits  enthroned  above  ; 
Thus  we  adore  the  God  of  might, 

And  bless  the  God  of  love. 


HYMN     LXXXI.      C.  M.  [ 

Our  Sin  the  Cause  of  Christ's  Deathy 

ND  now  the  scales  have  left  mine  eyes, 
Now  1  begin  to  see  ; 
O,  the  cursed  deeds  my  sins  have  done  t 
What  murderous  things  they  be  1 

2  Were  these  the  traitors,  dearest  Lord, 

Which  thy  fair  body  tore  ? 
Monsters,  who  stain'd  those  heavenly  limbs 
With  floods  of  purple  gore? 

3  Was  it  for  crimes  which  1  had  done, 

My  dearest  Lord  was  slain, 
When  justice  seized  God's  only  Son, 
And  put  his  soul  to  pain  ? 

4  Forgive  my  guilt,  O  Prince  of  Peace, 

I'll  wound  my  God  no  more  : 
Hence  from  my  heart,  ye  sins,  be  gone.. 
For  Jesus  1  adore. 

5  Furnish  me,  Lord,  with  heavenly  arms, 

From  grace's  magazine, 

And  I'll  prjclaim  eternal  wap 

With  every  darling  sin. 


1 40  HYMN    LXXXII,     LXXXIH.       Book  XL 

HYMN     LXXXII.       C.  M.  [  *  } 

Redemption  and  Protection  from  Spiritual  Enemies., 

1  A  RISE,  my  soul,  my  joyful  powers, 
■"  And  triumph  in  my  God  ; 
Awake,  my  voice,  and  loud  proclaim 

His  glorious  grace  abroad. 

2  He  raised  me  from  the  deeps  of  sin, 

The  gates  of  gaping  hell, 
And  fix'd  my  standing  more  secure 

Than  'twas  before  I  fell. 
3.  The  arms  of  everlasting  love 

Beneath  my  soul  he  placed, 
And  on  the  rock  of  ages  set 

My  slippery  footsteps  fast, 

4  The  city  of  my  bless'd  abode 

Is  wall'd  around  with  grace  ; 
Salvation  for  a  bulwark  stands 
To  shield  the  sacred  place. 

5  Satan  may  vent  his  sharpest  spite;, 

And  all  his  legions  roar  ; 
Almighty  mercy  guards  my  life, 
And  bounds  his  raging  power. 

45  Arise  my  soul,  awake  my  voice, 
And  tunes  of  pleasure  sing  ; 
Loud  hallelujahs  shall  address 
My  Saviour  and  my  King. 


HYMN     LXXXIII.       CM.  [  ^  ] 

The  Passion  and  Exaltation  of  Chris* , 

THUS  saith  the  Ruler  ot  the  skies, 
•*  Awake  my  dreadful  sword  ; 
"  \wake  my  wrath,  and  smite  the  Man, 

«  My  Fellow,"  saith  the  Lord  ! 
Vengeance  received  the  dread  command, 

And  armed,  down  she  flies  ; 
Jesus  submits  t'  his  Father's  hand, 

And  bows  his  head  and  dies 
But,  O,  the  wisdom  and  the  grace, 

Which  join  with  vengeance  now  1 
He  dies  to  save  our  guilty  race, 

And  yet  he  rises  too. 
A  person  so  divine  was  he, 

Who  yielded  to  be  slain. 


Book  II.  HYMN     LXXXIV.  U\ 

That  he  could  give  his  soul  away, 
And  take  his  life  again. 
5  Live,  glorious  Lord,  and  reign  on  high, 
Let  every  nation  sing  ; 
And  angels  sound,  with  endless  joy, 
The  Saviour  and  the  King. 


HYMN     LXXXIV,      S.  M.  (  *  ) 

The   Same. 

i       /{"NOME  all  harmonious  tongues, 
^   Your  noblest  music  bring  ; 
'Tis  Christ,  the  everlasting  God, 
And  Christ,  the  man,  we  sing> 
2        Tell  how  he  took  our  flesh, 
To  take  away  our  guilt  ! 
Sing  the  dear  drops  of  sacred  blood, 
•     Which  hellish  monsters  spilt. 
S       (  Alas  !  the  cruel  spear 
Went  deep  into  his  side, 
And  the  rich  flood  of  purple  gore 
Their  murderous  weapons  dyed.) 

4  (  The  waves  of  swelling  grief 
Did  o'er  his  bosom  roll, 

And  mountains  of  Almighty  wrath 
Lay  heavy  on  his  soul.) 

5  Down  to  the  shades  of  death 
He  bow'd  his  awful  head  ; 

Yet  he  arose  to  live,  and  reign, 
When  death  itself  is  dead. 

6  No  more  the  bloody  spear, 
The  cross  and  na'ls  no  more; 

For  hell  itself  shakes  .at  his  name, 
And  all  the  heavens  adore. 

7  There  the  Redeemer  sits 
High  on  the  Father's  throne  ; 

The  Father  lays  his  vengeance  by, 
And  smiles  upon  his  Son. 

8  There  his  lull  glories  shine 
With  uncreated  rays, 

And  bless  his  saints'  and  angels'  eyes 
To  everlasting  days. 


H2  HYMN     LXXXV,     LXXXVI.       Book  II, 


HYMN     LXXXV.       CM,  [  *  ] 

Sufficiency  of  Pardon. 

1  W^Y  d°CS  V0Ul  *aCe'  ye  llun,ble  sou*s> 

*  *     Those  mourn lul  colours  wear  ? 

What  doubts  are  these,  which  waste  your  fa.th, 
And  nourish  your  despair  ? 

2  What  though  your  numerous  sins  exceed 

The  stars,  winch  fill  the  skies, 
And  aiming  at  th'  eternal  throne, 
Like  pointed  mountains  rise  I 

3  What  though  your  mighty  guilt  beyond 

The  wide  creation  swell, 
And  has  its  cursed  foundations  laid 
Low  as  ihe  deeps  of  hell  ? 

4  See  here  an  endless  ocean  flows 

Of  never-failing  grace; 
Behold  a  dying  Saviour's  veins 
The  sacred  flood  increase  : 
3  It  rises  high,  and  drowns  the  hills, 
Has  neither  shore  nor  bound  : 
Now  if  we  search  to  find  our  sins, 
Our  sins  can  ne'er  be  found. 
6  Awake,  our  hearts,  adore  the  grace, 
Which  buries  all  our  faults, 
And  pardoning  biood,  which  swells  above 
Our  follies  and  our  thoughts. 


HYMN     LXXXVI.       C.  M.  [ 

Freedom  from  Sin  and  Misery  in  Heaven* 

OUR  s:ns,  alas  !   how  strong  they  be  \ 
And  like  a  raging  sea, 
They  break  our  duty,  Lord,  to  thee, 

And  hurry  us  away. 
The  waves  of  trouble,  how  they  rise  ! 

How  loud  the  tempests  roar  ! 
But  death  shall  land  our  weary  souls 

Safe  on  the  heavenly  shore. 
There,  to  fulfil  his  sweet  commands, 

Our  speedy  feet  shall  move  ; 
No  sin  shall  clog  our  winged  zeal, 

Or  cool  our  burning  love. 


Book  IT.       HYiMN    LXXXVII,  LXXXVHI.         143 


There  shall  we  sit,  and  sing,  and  tell 

The  wonders  of  his  grace  ; 
Till  heavenly  raptures  fire  our  hearts, 

And  smile  in  every  iace. 
Forever  his  dear  sacred  name 

Shall  dwell  upon  our  tongue  ; 
And  Jesus,  and  salvation   be 

The  close  of  every  song. 


HYMN     LXXXVII.      C.  M.  ( 

The  Divine  Glories  above  our  Comfirthention* 
\   ]P[0^r  wonderous  great,  how  glorious  biignt 
■"■J*-  Must  our  Creator  be, 
Who  dwells  amidst  the  dazzling  light 
Of  vast  infinity  ! 

2  Our  soaring  spirits  upward  rise 

Toward  the  celestial  throne  : 
Fain  would  we  see  the  blessed  Three, 
And  the  Almighty  One. 

3  Our  reason  stretches  all  its  wings, 

And  climbs  above  the  skies  ; 
But  still  how  far  beneath  thy  feet 
Our  groveling  reason  lies  1 

4  (  Lord,  here  we  bend  our  humble  souls, 

And  awfully  adore  : 
For  the  weak  pinions  of  our  minds 
Can  stretch  a  thought  no  more.) 

5  Thy  glories  infinitely  rise 

Above  our  labouring  tongue  ; 
In  vain  the  highest  seraph  tries 
To  form  an  equal  song. 

6  (  In  humble  notes  our  faith  adores 

The  great  mysterious  King, 
While  angels  strain  their  nobler  powers., 
And  sweep  th'  immortal  string.  ) 


HYMN     LXXXVHI.       C.  M.  [  *  J 

Salvation. 
1   Q  ALVATION  I  oh,  the  joyful  sound  ! 
*^^Tis  pleasure  to  our  ears  ; 
A  sovereign  balm  for  every  wound, 
A  cordial  for  our  fears, 
B.  Ilk  N 


144  HYMN     LXXXIX,     XC.  Book  II. 


2  Buried  in  sorrow,  and  in  sin, 
At  hell's  dark  jlvjcr  we  lay  ; 
Bui  we  arise  by  grace  divine 
To  see  a  heavenly  day. 

5  Salvation  I  let  the  echo  tty 

The  sp.tc.ous  earth  around, 

While  all  the  armies  of  the  sky 

Conspire  to  raise  the  sound. 

HYMN     LXXXIX.      C.  M.  [  #  J 

Chrises  Victory  over  Satan. 

1  TTTTOSANNA  to  our  conquering  King  1 
JEIL  The  prince  of  darkness  fl  es  ; 

His  troops, rush  headlong  down  to  hell,. 
Like  lightning  from  the  skies 

2  There,  bound  in  chains  the  lions  roar, 

And  fright  the  rescued  sheep  ; 
But  heavy  bars  confine  their  power 
And  malice  to  the  deep. 

3  Hosanna  to  our  conquering  King  ! 

All  hail,  incarnate  love  I 
Ten  thousand  songs  and  glories  wait 
To  crown  thy  head  above. 

6  Thy  victories,  and  thy  deathless  fame, 

Through  the  wide  world  shall  run  ; 
And  everlasting  ages  sing 
The  triumpu  thou  hast  won. 


HYMN    XC.      C.  M.  (  b  ) 

Faith  in  Cunist^for  Pardon  and  Sanctijicaiion. 

1  OOW  sad  our  state  by  nature  is  ! 
*•*■  Our  sin,  how  deep  it  stains  ! 
And  Satan  binds  our  captive  minds 

Fast  in  his  slavish  chains. 

2  But  there's  a  voice  of  sovereign  grace 

Sounds  from  the  sacred  word  ; 
"  Ho  !  ye  despairing  sinners,  come, 
And  trust  upon  the  Lord." 

3  My  soul  obeys  th'  Almighty  call, 

And  runs  to  this  relief; 
I  would  believe  thy  promise,  Lord  j 
Oh,    help  mine  unbelief  ! 


Boor  IT.  HYMN     XCI.  U5 


A  (To  the  dear  fountain  of  thy  blood, 
Incarnate  God,  I  fly  ; 
Here  let  me  wash  my  spotted  soul 
From  crimes  of  deepest  dye. 

5  Stretch  out  thine  arm,  victorious  King, 

My  reigning  sins  subdue  ; 
Drive  the  old  dragon  from  his  seat, 
With  all  his  hellish  crew.) 

6  A  guilty,  weak,  and  helpless  worm 

On  thy  kind  arms  I  fall  ; 
Be  thou  rny  strength   and  righteousness, 
My  Jesus,  and  my  ail  1 

—.iiii.mi.ii   ii.     i— —■——«— — 

HYMN     XCI.       C.  M.  (  #  ) 

The  Glory  of  Chris*  in  Heaven, 

jH,  the  del'ghts,  the  heavenly  joys. 
The  glories  of  the  place, 
Where  Jesus  sheds  the  brightest  beams 

Of  his  o'erflowing  grace  ! 
Sweet  majesty  and  awful  love 

Sit  smiling  on  his  brow  ; 
And  all  the  glorious  ranks  above 

At  humble  distance  bow. 
(  Princes  to  his  imperial  name 

Bend  their  bright  tceptres  down  ; 
Dominions,  thrones,  and  powers  rejoice 

To  see  him  wear  the  crown. 
Archangels  sound  his  lofty  praise 

Through  every  heavenly  street ; 
And  lay  their  highest  honours  down 

Submissive  at   his  feet.  ) 
Those  soft,  those  blessed  feet  of  his, 

Which  once  rude  iron  tore, 
High  on  a  throne  of  light  they  stand, 

And  all  the  saints  adore. 
His  head,  the  dear,  majestic   head, 

Which  cruel  thorns  did  wound, 
See  what  immortal  glories  shine,  - 

And  circle  it  around  t 
This  is  the  Man,  th'  exalted  Man, 

Whom  we,  unseen,  adore  ! 
But  when  our  eyes  behold  his  face, 

Our  hearts  shall  love  him  more. 


146  HYMN     XCTI.  Book  II. 


S  ( Lord,    how  our  souls  are  all  on  fire 
To  see  thy  bless'd  abode  : 
Our  tongues  rejoice  in  tunes  of  praise 
To  our  incarnate  God  !) 

9  And  while  our  faith  enjoys  the  sight, 
We  long  to  leave  our  clay  ; 
And  wish  thy  fiery  chariots,  Lord, 
To  fetch  our  souls  away. 


Book  II. 


HYMN     XC1I.      CM.  [  *  fl 

The  Church  saved  and  her  Enemies  disafifiointed* 
HOUT  to  the  Lord,  and  let  our  joys 
Through  the  whole  nation  run : 
Ye  western  skies,  resound  the  noise 
Beyond  the  rising  sun. 

2  Thee,  mighty  God,  our  souls  admire  \ 

Thee  our  glad  voices  sing  ; 

And  join  with  the  celestial  choir, 

To  praise  th*  eternal  King. 

3  Thy  power  the  whole  creation  rules, 
\        And  on  the  starry  skies, 

Sits  smiling  at  the  weak  design* 
Thine  envious  foes  devise. 

4  Thy  scorn  derides  their  feeble  rage, 

And,  with  an  awful  frown,   ^ 

Flings  vast  confusion  on  their  plots, 

And  shakes  their  Babel  down. 

5  (  Their  secret  fires  in  caverns  lay, 

And  we  the  sacrifice  ; 
But  gloomy  caverns  strove  in  vain 
To  'scape  all-searching  eyes. 

6  Their  dark  designs  were  all  reveal'd  j 

Their  treasons  all  betray'd  : 
Praise  to  the  Lord,  who  broke  the  snare- 
Their  cursed  hands  had  laid.) 

7  In  vain  the  busy  sons  of  hell 

Stdl  new  rebellions  try 
Their  souls  shall  pine  with  envious  rage, 
And  vex  away,  and  die. 

8  Almightv  grace  defends  our  land 

From  their  malicious  power  : 
Then  let  us  with  united  songs 
Almighty  grace  adoro* 


Book  II.  HYMN     XCIII,    XCIV. 147 

"liYMN     XC11I.       S.  M.  L  *  J 

God,  Ml  and  in  Ml.     Psalm  lxxiii.  25. 
Y  God,  my  life,  my  love, 
To  thee,  to  thee  I  call ; 
I  cannot  live  if  thou  remove, 
For  thou  art  all  in  all. 
(  Thy  shining  grace  can  cheer 
This  dungeon  where  I  dwell  : 
'Tis  parad.s-,  when  thou  art  here  ; 
If  thou  depart,  'tis  hell.) 
(  The  smilings  of  thy  face, 
How  am'abie  they  are  1 
'Tis  heaven  to  rest  in  thine  embrace. 
And  no  where  else  but  there. ) 
,       (  To  thee,  and  thee  alone, 
The  angels  owe  their  bliss; 
They  sit  around  thy  gracious  throne.v 
And  dwell  where  Jesus  is.) 

5  (  Not  all  the  harps  above 
Can  make  a  heavenly  places 

If  God  his  residence  remove, 
Or  but  conceal  his  face.) 

6  Nor  earth,  nor  all  the  sky 
Can  one  delight  afford  ; 

No,  not  a  drop  of  real  joy, 
Without  thy  presence,  Lord. 

7  Thou  art  the  sea  of  love, 
Where  all  my  pleasures  roll ; 

The  circle  where  my  passions  move, 
And  centre  of  my  soul. 

8  (  To  thee  my  spirits  fly, 
With  infinite  desire  ; 

And  yet  how  far  from  thee  I  lie  \ 
Dear  Jesus,  raise  me  higher.) 


HYMN     XCIV.       C.  M.  [  %  ] 

Gcd,  my  only  Ha/i/iiness.      Psalm  lxxiii,  25. 
'Y  God,  my  portion,  and  my  love, 
My  everlasting  all  ! 
I've  none  but  thee  in  heaven,  above, 
Or  on  this  earthly  ball. 
2  (  What  empty  things  are  all  the  skies, 

And  this  inferior  cl  od  ! 
%,   JJL  N2 


US  HYMN    XCV.  Book  II, 


There's  nothing  here  deserves  my  joys  $ 
There's  nothing  like  my  God.) 

3  (  In  vain  the  bright,  the  -burning  sun 

Scatters  his  feeble  light ; 
'lis  thy  sweet  beams  create  my  noon  ; 
If  thou  withdraw,  'tis  night. 

4  And  whilst  upon  my  restless  bed 

Among  the  shades  I  roll, 
If  my  Redeemer  shows  his  head, 
'Tis  morning  with  my  soul.) 

5  To  thee  I  owe  my  wealth,  and  friends> 

And  health,  and.  safe  abode, 
Thanks  to  thy  name  for  meaner  things, 
But  they  are  not  my  God. 

6  How  vain  a  toy  is  glittering  wealth, 

If  once  compared  to  thet  ! 
Or  what's  my  safety,  or  my  health. 
Or  all  my  friends  to  me  ? 

7  Were  I  possessor  of  the  earth, 

And  call'd  the  stars  my  own  ; 
Without  thy  graces  and  thyself, 
I  were  a  wretch  undone. 

8  Let  others  stretch  their  arms,  like  sea*Sj 

And  grasp  in  all  the  shore  ; 
Grant  me  the  visits  of  thy  face, 
And  I  desire  no  more. 


HYMN     XCV.      CM.  f  fa  ) 

Look  on  Him,  whom  they  Pierced,  and  Mourn. 

1  TTNFINI  FE  grief !  amazing  wo  f 
■"■  Behold  my  bleeding  Lord  ! 

Hell  and  the  Jews  conspired  bis  death, 
And  used  the  Roma.i  sword. 

2  Oh    the  sharp  pangs  of  smarting  pain 

My  dear  Redeemer  bore, 
When  knotty  whips  and  jagged  thorns', 
His  sacred  body  tore  I 

3  But  knotty  wh'ps  and  jagged  thorns, 

In  vain  do  I  accuse ;  * 

In  vain  I  blame  the  Roman  bands, 
And  the   more  spiteful  Jews  : 

4  'Twere  you  my  sins,  my  cruel  siffs> 

His  chief  tormentors  *rere  » 


Book  II.  HtfMN    XCVI,     XCVII.  u» 


Each  of  my  crimes  became  a  nail, 

And  unbelief  the  spear, 
'Twere  you  that  pullM  the  vengeance  down 

Upon  his  guiltless  head  : 
Break,  break,  my  heart — oh,  burst,  mine  eyes", 

And  let  my  sorrows  bleed  ! 
Strike,  mighty  grace,  my  fl.nty^soul, 

Till  melting  waters  flow, 
And  deep  repentance  drown  mine  eyes 

In  undissembled  wo  ! 


HYMN     XCV1.     C.     M.  (  %  > 

Distinguishing   Love  ;  or  rfngels  /tunis/ied,  and  Men  saved. 

1  fP^OWN  headlong  from  their  native  6kies 
vJ'  The  rebel  angels  fell, 

And  thunder-bolts  of  flaming  wrath 
Pursued  them   deep  to  hell. 

2  Down  from  the  top  of  earthly  bliss., 

Rebellious  man  was  hurl'd  ; 
And  Jesus  stoop'd  beneath  the  grave', 

To  reach  a  sinking  world. 
3'  Oh,  love  of  infinite  degree  ! 

Unmeasurable   grace  ! 
Must  Heaven's  eternal  Darling  die-, 

To  save  a  traitorous  race  ? 

4  Must  angels  sink  forever  down, 

And  burn  in  quenchless  fire, 
Wniie  God  forsakes  his  shining  throne, 
To  raise  us,  wretches,  higher  ? 

5  Oh,  for  this  love,  let  earth  and  skies 

With  hallelujahs  ring, 
And  the  full  choir  of  human  tongues 
All  hallelujahs  sing  ! 


HYMN     XCVII.      L.  M.  (  &  ) 

The  same. 
pROM  heaven  the  sinning  angels  fell, 
-"-     And  wrath  and  darkness  cha.n'd  them  down  ; 
But  man,  vde  man,  forsook  his  bliss, 
And  mercy  lifts  him  to  a  crown  ! 
Amazing  work  of  sovereign  grace, 
Which  could  distinguish  rebels  sol 


*5#  HYMN    XCVIII,     XCIX, 


Our  guilty  treasons  call-'d  aloud 

For  everlasting  fetters  too. 

To  thee,  to  thee,  Almighty  Love, 

Our  souls,  ourselves,  ou<  all,  we  pay  ; 

Millions  of  tongues  shall  sounJ  thy  praise 

On  the  bright  hills  of  heavenly  day. 


HYMN     XCVIIL       C.  M.  (  b  ) 

Hardness  of  Heart  complained  of 
Y  heart,  how  dreadful  hard  it  is  1 
How  heavy  here  it  lies  ; 
Heavy  and  cold  within  my  breast, 
Just  like  a  rock  of  ice  ! 

2  Sin,  like  a  raging  tyrant,  sits 

Upon  this  flinty  throne  ; 
And  every  grace  lies  buried  deep, 
Beneath  this  heart  of  stone. 

3  How  seldom  do  I  rise  to  God, 

Or  taste  the  joys  above  ! 
This  mountain  presses  down  my  faith, 
And  chilis  my  flaming  love. 

4  When  smiling  mercy  courts  my  soul 

With  all  its  heavenly  charms, 
This  stubborn,  this  relentless  thing, 

Would  thrust  it  from  mine  arms.        , 
-5  Against  the  thunders  of  thy  word 

Rebellious  I  have  stood  ; 
My  heart,  it  shakes  not  at  the  wrath 

And  terrours  of  a  God. 
6   Dear  Saviour,  steep  this  rock  of  mine 

In  thine  own  crimson  sea  ! 
None  but  a  bath  of  blood  divine 

Can  melt  the  flint  away. 


HYMN     XCIX.      C.  M.         (  *  or  fc 
The  Book  of  Gov's  Decrees. 

LET  the  whole  race  of  creatures  lie 
Abased  before  their  God  ; 
Whate'er  his  sovereign  voice  has  form'd, 

He  governs  with  a  nod. 
(  Ten  thousand  ages,  ere  the  skies 
Were  into  motion  brought, 


Book  II.  HYMN     C.  151 

MIS 

AH  the  long  years  and  worlds  to  come 
Stood  present  to  his  thought. 

3  There's  not  a  sparrow,  or  a  worm, 

But's  found  in  his  decrees  ; 
He  raises  monarchs  to  their  thrones., 
And  sinks  them  as  he  please.) 

4  If  light  attend  the  course  1  run, 

'Tis  he  provides  those  rays  ; 
And  'tis  his  hand  which  hides  my  sud, 
If  darkness  cloud  my  days. 

5  Yet  I  would  not  be  much  concern'd, 

Nor  vainly  long  to  see, 
In  volumes  of  his  deep  decrees, 
What  months  are  writ  for  me- 

6  When  he  reveals  the  book  of  life, 

Oh,  may  I  read  my  name 

Among  the  chosen  of  his  love, 

The  followers  of  the  Lamb* 


HYMN     C,      L.  M.  (  b  f 

The  Presence  of  Christ  is  the  Life  of  my  Soilt* 

1  OOW  full  of  anguish  is  the  thought, 
M-J*-  How  it  distracts  and  tears  my  hearty 
If  God,  at  last,  my  sovereign  Judge, 
Should  frown,  and  bid  my  soul,  Depart  & 

2  Lord,  when  I  quit  this  earthly  stage, 
■  Where  shall  I  fly  but  to  thy  breast  ? 

For  I  have  sought  no  other  home, 
For  I  have  learn'd  no  other  rest. 

3  I  cannot  live  contented  here, 
Without  some  glimpses  of  thy  face  ; 
And  heaven,  without  thy  presence  there, 
Would  be  a  dark  and  tiresome  place. 

4  When  earthly  cares  engross  the  day* 
And  hold  my  thoughts  aside  from  thee* 
The  shining  hours  of  cheerful  light 
Are  long  and  tedious  years  to  me. 

5  And  if  no  evening  visit's  paid 
Between  my  Saviour  and  my  soul, 

How  dull  the  nigut  J  how  sad  the  shade  i 
How  mournfully  the  minutes  roll  ! 
G  Th's  flesh  of  mine  might  learn  as  sooij 
To  live,  yet  part  with  all  my  blood  j 


152 HYMN     CI. Book  II. 

To  breathe,  when  vital  air  is  gone, 
Or  thrive  and  grow  without  my  food> 

7  (  Christ  is  my  light,  my  life,  my  care, 
My  blessed  hope,  my  heavenly  prize  ; 
Dearer  than  all  my  passions  are, 

My  limbs,  my  bowels,  or  mine  eyes. 

8  The  strings,  which  twine  about  my  heart, 
Tortures  and  racks  may  tear  them  off; 
But  they  can  never,  never  part 

With  their  d-*ar  hold  of  Christ,  my  love.) 

9  (  My  God  I  and  can  a  humble  child, 
Wlio  loves  thee  with  a  flame  so  high, 
B-  ever  from  thy  face  exiled. 
Without  the  pity  of  thine  eye  ? 

10  Impossible  !   for  thine  own  hands 
Have  tied  my  heart  so  fast  to  thee  ! 
And  in  thy  book  the  promise   stands, 

That    where  thou  art,  thy  friends  must  be.) 


HYMN     CI,     C.    M.  [  *  ) 

The   World's  Three  Chief  Temptations* 

1  WHEN  in  the  light  of  faith  divine 

W  »     We  look  on  things  below, 
Honour  and  gold  and  sensuil  joy, 
How  vain  and  dangerous  too  I 

2  (  Honour's  a  puff  of    noisy  breath  ; 

Yet  men  expose  their  blood, 
And  venture  everlasting  death, 
To  gain  that  airy   good  : 

3  While  others  starve  the  nobler  mind, 

And  feed  on  shining  dust, 
They  rob  the  serpent  of  his  food, 
T*  indulge  a  sordid  lust.  ) 

4  The  pleasures  which  allure  our  sense 

Are  dangerous  snares  to  souls  ; 
There's  but  a  drop  of  flattering  sweety 
And  dash'd  with  bitter  bowls. 

5  God  is  mine  all  sufficient  good, 

My  portion  and  my  choice. 

In  him  my  vast  desires  are  fill'd, 

And  all  my  powers  rejoice, 


Book  II.  HYMN     CII,    CIII.  15: 


In  vain  the  world  accosts  mine  tar, 
Aim  tempts  my  heart  anew  ; 

I  caiiuot  buy  your  bliss  so  dear, 
Nor  part  with    heaevn  for  you. 


HYMN     CII.      L.  M.  T  «  or  b  ] 

A  Hajifiy  Resurrection* 
i   ^TO,  I'll  repine  at  death  no  more, 
•*-^    But  With  a  cheerful  gasp  resign 
To  the  cold  d'unge.  n  of  the  grave 
These  dying,  withering  limbs  of  mine  I 

2  Let  worms  devour  my  wasting  flesh, 

And  crumble  ah  my  bones  to  dust,  « 

My  God  snail  raise  my  frame  anew, 
At  the  revival  of  the  just. 

3  Break,  sacred  morning,  through  the  skies*. 
Bring  that  delightful,  dreadful  dav, 

Cut  short  the  hours,  dear  Lord,  and  come  ; 

Thy  lingering  wheels,  how  iong  they  stay.  I 
i  (  Our  wearied  spirits  faint  to  see 

The  light  of  thy  returning  face, 

And  hear  the  language  of  those  lips 

Where  God  has  sned  his  richest  grace,) 
5    (  Haste  then  upon  the  wings  of  love, 

Rouse  all  the  pious  sleeping  clay, 

That  we  may  join  in  heavenly  joys, 

And  sing  the  triumph  of  the  day.) 

HYMN     CIII.      C.  M.  [  *  J 

Chrises  Commission.     John  in.  16,  17, 

1  (pOME,  happy  souls,  approach  your  God, 
^   With  new,  melodious  songs  ; 
Come,  tender  to   Almighty  grace 

The  tribute  of  your  tongues. 

2  So  strange,  so  boundless  was  the  love, 
That  pity'd  dying  men, 

The  Father  sent  his  equal  Son, 

To  give  them  life  again* 
Thy  hands,  dear  Jesus,  were  not  arm'd, 

With  a  revenging  rod. 
No  hard  commission  to  perform 

The  vengeance  of  a  God  ; 


a  54  HYMN    CIV,     CV.  Book 


4  But  all  was  mercy,  all  was  mild, 

And  wrath  forsook  the  throne, 
When  Christ  on  the  kind  errand  came, 
And  brought  salvation  down. 

5  Here,  sinners,  you  may  heal  your  wounds^ 

And  wipe  your  sorrows  dry  ; 
Trubt  in  the  mighty  Saviour's  name, 
And  you  shall  never  die. 

6  See,  dearest  Lord,  our  willing  souls 

Accept  thine  offer*  d  grace  ; 
We  bl  ss  the  great  Redeemer's  love, 
And  give  the  Father  praise. 


HYMN     CIV.       S.  M.  (  *  ) 

The  Same. 
\       TO)  AISE  your  tr  umphant  songs 
"^  To  an  immortal  tune, 
Let  the  w  de  earth*resound  the  deeds 
Celestial  grace  has  done. 
©       Sing  how  eternal  love 
Its  chief  beloved  chose, 
And  bid  him  raise  our  wretched  race 
From  their  abyss  of  woes. 
S       His  hand  no  thunder  beats, 
Nor  terrour  clothes  his  brow  ; 
No  bolts  to  drive  our  guUty  souls 
To  fieicer  flames  below. 

4  »Twas  mercy  fill'd  the  throne, 
And  wrath  stood  silent  by, 

When  Christ  was  sent  with  pardons  down 
To  rebels  dooni'd  to  die. 

5  Now,  sinners,  dry  your  tears, 
Let  hopeless  sorrow  cease  ; 

Bow  to  the  sceptre  of  Its  love, 

And  take  the  offer'd  peace. 
5       Lord,  we  obey  thy  call  ; 

We  lay  a  humble  claim 
To  the  solvation  thou  hast  brought, 

And  love,  and  praise  thy  name. 


HYMN     CV.       C.  M.  [  b  3 

Repentance  Flowing  from  the  Patience  of  Gob. 
ND  are  we,  wretches,  yet  allYe  ? 
And  dare  we  yet  rebel  ? 


Book  II.  HYMN     CVI.  15 


'Tis  boundless,  'tis  amazing  love, 

Which  bears  us  up  from  hell  1 
2  The  burden  of  our  weighty  guilt 

Would  sink  us  down  to  flames, 
And  threatening  vengeance  rolls  above 

To  crush  our  feeble  frames. 
5  Almighty  goodness  cries — Forbear  ! 

And  straight  the  thunder  stays  : 
And  dare  we  now  provoke  his  wrath 

And  weary  out  his  grace  ? 

4  Lord,  we  have  long  abused  thy  love, 

Too  long  indulged  our  sin, 
Our  aching  hearts  e'^n  bleed  to  see 
What  rebels  we  have  been. 

5  No  more,  ye  lusts,  shall  ye  command, 

No  more  will  we  obey  ; 
Stretch  out,  O  Clod,  thy  conquering  hand; 
And  drive  thy  foes  away. 

HYMN     CVI.     C.     M.  (;  b  ) 

Rep.enta.nct  at  the  Cress. 

i   (T^H,  if  my  soul  was  form  id  for  woe, 

^    How  would  I  vent  my  sighs  ; 

Repentance  should,  like  rivers,  How, 

From  both  my  stream  ;<g  eyes. 

2  'Twas  for  my  sins  my  dearest  Lord 

Hung  on  the  cursed  tree, 
And  groan'd  away  a  dying  life 
For  thee,  my  soul,  for  thee. 

3  Oh,  how  I  hale  those  lusts  of  mine 

Wh.ch  crucfv'd  my  God, 
Those  sins,  winch  jpierced  and  nail'd  Ins  flesh 
Fast  to  the  fatal  wood- 

4  Yes    my  Redeemer,  they  shall  die, 

My  heart  has  so  decreed  ; 
Nor  will  I  spare  the  guilty  things 
Which  made  my  Saviour  bleed. 

5  Whilst  with  a  melting,  broken  heart 

M)   murdered  Lord  I  view, 
I'll  raise  revenge  against  my  sins", 
And  slay  the  murderers  too. 
B.  II.  O 


156  HYMN     CVII,    CVni. 


HYMN     CVII.       C.  M.  [  b  ] 

The  everlasting  Absense  of  God  intolerable, 
•'1  npHAT  awful  day  will  surely  Some, 
-1    IV  appointed  hour  makes  haste, 
When  I  must  stand  before  my  Judge 
And  pass  the  solemn  test- 

2  Thou  lovely  Chief  of  all  my  joys, 

Thou  Sovereign  of  my  heart, 

How  could  i  bear  to  hear  thy  voice 

Pronounce  the  sound,  Depart  ! 

3  The  t!, under  of  that  dismal  word 

Would  so  torment  mine  ear, 
sTv.  ould  tear  my  soul  asunder,  Lord, 
With  most  tormenting  fear. 

4  (  What,  to  be  banish'd  from  my  life, 

And  yet  forbid  to  die  ! 
To  linger  in  eternal  pain, 
Y'et  death  forever  fly  !) 

5  Oh,  wretched  state  of  deep  despair, 

To  see  my  God  remove, 
And  fix  my  doleful  station  where 
I  must  not  taste  his  love  ! 

6  Jesus,  1  throw  mine  arms  around, 

And  hang  upon  thy  breast; 
Without  a  gracious  smile  from  thee 
My  spirit  cannot  rest. 

7  Oh,  tell  me  that  my  worthless  name 

Is  graven  on  thy  hands  ; 
Show  me  some  promise  in  thy  book, 
Where  my  salvation  stands. 
$  (  Give  me  one  kind,  assuring  word, 
To  sink  my  fears  again  ; 
And  cheerfuily  my  soul  shall  wait 
Her  threescore  years  and  ten.) 


HYMN     CVIII.       C.  M.  f  ; 

^ccett  to  the  Throne  of  Grace  by  a  Mcdia'or% 
1   pOME,  let  us  lift  our  joyful  eyes 
^  Up  to  the  courts  above, 
And  smile  to  see  our  Father  there 
Upon  a  throne  of  love.- 


Book  IT.  HYMN     C*X,     CX.  157 


Once  'twas  a  seat  of  dreadful  wrath, 

And  shot  devouring  flame  ; 
Our  God  appeared  consuming  fire  ; 

And  vengeance  was  his  name. 

Rich  were  the  drops  of  Jesus'  blood. 

Which  calm'd  his  frowning  face  ; 
Which  sprinkled  o'er  the  burning  throne. 

And  turn'd  the  wrath  to  grace. 
Now  we  may  bow  before  his  feet, 

And  venture  near  the  Lord  ; 
No  fiery  cherub  guards  Ins  seat, 

Nor  double  flaming  sword. 
The  peaceful  gates  of  heavenly  bliss 

Are  open'd  by  the  Son  ; 
High  let  us  raise  our  notes  of  praise, 

And  reach  th'  Almighty  throne. 
To  thee  ten  thousand  thanks  we  bring, 

Great  Advocate  on  high; 
And  glory  to  th'  eternal  King, 

Who  lays  his  fury  by. 


HYMN     CIX.       L.  M.  [  # 

The  Darkness  of  Providence. 

LORD,  we  adore  thy  vast  designs, 
Th'  obscure  abyss  of  providence  ! 
Too  deep  to  sound  with  mortal  lines, 
Too  dark  to  view  with  feeble  sense. 
Now  thou  array'st  thine  awful  face 
In  angry  frowns,  without  a  smile  : 
We,  through  the  cloud,  believe  thy  grace, 
Secure  of  thy  compassion  still. 
Through  seas  and  storms  of  deep  distress, 
We  sail  by  faith,  and  not  by  sight ; 
Faith  guides  us  in  the  wilderness, 
Through  all  the  briars,  and  the  night. 
Dear  Father,  if  thy  lift*  d  rod 
Resolve  to  sccurgo  us  here  below  j 
Still  we  must  lean  upon  our  God, 
Thine  arm  shall  bear  us  safely  throu 


HYMN     CX.       S.  M.  (  *  ) 

Triumph  over  Death,  in  Hope  of  the  Resurrection.. 
I         ^  ND  must  th;s  body  die  ? 

This  mortal  frame  decav  ? 


158  HY^N_  CXI.  Book  II 

And  must  these  active  limbs  of  mine 

Lie  mouldering  in  the  clay  ? 
2       Corruption,  eaith  and  worms 

Shall  but  refine  this  flesh, 
Till  my  triumphant  spirit  corner, 

To  put  it  on  afresh. 

God,  my  Redeemer,  lives, 
And  often  from  the  skies 
Looks  down,  and  watches  ail  my  dust, 
Till  he  shall  bid  it  rise. 

4  Array'd  in  glorious  grace 
Shall  these  vile  bodies  shine  ; 

And  every  shape*  and  every  face 
Look  heavenly  and  divine. 

5  These  lively  hopes  we  owe 
To  Jesus1  dying  love  ; 

We  would  adore  his  grace  below, 
And  sing  his  power  above. 

6  Dear  Lord,  accept  the  praise 
Of  these  our  humble  songs, 

Till  tunes  of  nobler  sound  we  raise 
With  our  immortal  tongues. 

HYMN     CXI.      C.  M.  (  %  ) 

Thanksgiving  for    Victory;  or*  God's    Domfriojif   and- oil 
Deliverance. 

1  ^*ON  rejoice,  and  Judah  sing, 
&A  The  Lord  assumes  his  throne  ; 
Come,  let  us  own  the  heavenly  King, 

And  make  his  glories  known. 

2  The  great,  the  wicked,  and  the  proud, 

From  their  high  seats  are  hurl'd ; 
Jehovah  rides  upon  a  cloud, 

And  thunders  through  the  world. 
S    He  reigns  upon  th'  eternal  hills, 

Distributes  mortal  crowns; 
Empires  are  fix'd  beneath  his  smiles, 

And  totter  at  his  frowns 
•1   Navies,  which  rule  the  ocean  wide, 

Are  vanquish'd  by  his  breath, 
And  legions,  arm'd  with  power  and  pride, 

Descend  to  watery  death. 


Book  II.  HYMN    CXII,    CXIIL  isi 


5  Let  tyrants  make  no  more  pretence 

To  vex  our  happy  land  ; 
Jehovah's  name  is  our  defence* 
Our  buckler  is  his  hand. 

6  ( Lord,  make  our  nation  still  to  live, 

And  rule  us  by  thy  word  ; 
And  all  the  honours  we  can  give 
Be  offer'd  to  the  Lord.) 


HYMN     CXII.      L.  M.  (  *  ) 

Angels  ministering  to  CilRisT  and  Saints. 

GREAT  God,  to  what  a  glorious  height 
Hast  thou  advanced  the  Lord,  thy  Son  ? 

Angels,  in  all  their  robes  of  light, 

Are  made  the  servants  of  his  throne. 
!  Before  his  feet  thine  armies  wait, 

And  swift  as  flames  of  fire  they  move 

To  manage  his  affairs  of  state, 

In  works  of  vengeance  and  of  love. 
5  His  orders  run  through  all  the  hosts, 

Legions  descend  at  his  command, 

To  shield  and  guard  our  native  coasts. 

When  foreign  rage  invades  our  land. 
I  Now  they  are  sent  to  guide  our  teet 

Up  to  the  gates  of  thine  abode, 

Through  a!i  the  dangers  which  we  meet 

In  travelling  the  heavenly  read. 
5  Lord,  when  I  leave  this  mortal  ground. 

And  thou  sha;t  bid  me  rise,  and  come, 

Send  a  beloved  angel  down, 

Safe  to  conduct  my  spirit  home. 

HYM>T~CXIII~    C.  M~  [  % 

The  Sanie. 

1  TipiIE  majesty  of  Solomon, 

'*■    How  glorious  to  behold  ; 
The  servants  waiting  round  his  thrttne. 
The  ivory  and  the  gold  ! 

2  But,  mighty  God  I  thy  palace  shine:-; 

With  far  superior  beams  ; 
Thine  angel-guards  are  swift  as  wind-." 
Thy  ministers  are  flame's. 
B.  II.  O  ft 


160 HYMN    CXIV.  Book  II.  I 

3  (  Soon  as  thine  only  Son  haa  made 

His  entrance  on  the  earth, 
A  shining  army  downward  fled, 
To  celebrate  his  birth. 

4  And  when  oppress'd  with  pains  and  fears, 

On  the  cold  ground  he  lies, 
Behold  a  heavenly  form  appears, 
T'  allay  his  agonies.) 

5  Now  to  the  hands  of  Christ,  our  King, 

Are  alltheir  legions  given  ; 
They  wait  upon  his  saints,  and  bring 
His  chosen  heirs  to  heaven. 

6  Pleasure  and  praise  run  through  their  host, 

To  see  a  sinner  turn  ; 
Then  Satan  has  a  captive  lost, 
And  Christ  a  subject  born. 

7  But  there's  an  hour  of  brighter  joy, 

When  he  his  angels  sends 
Obstinate  rebels  to  destroy, 
And  gather  in  his  friends. 

8  O,  could  I  say,  without  a  doubt, 

«•  There  suall  my  soul  be  found  !u 
Then  let  the  great  archangel  shout, 
And  the  last  trumpet  sound. . 


HYMN     CXIV.      C.  M.  [  38  l 

Christ's  Death.  Victory,  and  Dominion* 

1  J  SING  my -Saviour's  wonderous  death  j 
*-  He  conquered  when  he  fell  : 

'Tis  finish' d,  said  his  dying  breath, 
And  shook  the  gates  of  hell. 

2  «'Tis  finish'd,"  our  Emmanuel  cries  ; 

«  The  dreadful  work  is  done  :" 
Hence  shall  his  sovereign  throne  arise', 
His  kingdom  is  begun. 

3  His  cross  a  sure  foundation  laid 

For  glory  and  renown ; 
When,  through  the  regions  of  the  dead. 
He  pass'd  to  reach  the  crown. 

4  Exalted  at  his  Father's  side, 

Sits  our  victorious  Lord  ; 
(fo  heaven  and  hell  his  bands  divide 
The  vengeance  or  reward. 


Book  II.  HYMN    CXV,    CXVI.  161 


5  The  saints  from  his  propitious  eye 
Await  their  several  crowns, 
And  all  the  sons  of  darkness  fly 
The  terrour  of  his  frowns. 


HYMN     CXV.       CM.  [  #>  ] 

God  the  Avenger  of  hi  a  Saints  ;  or,  his  Kingdom  Sufiremfl 

1  i!  Jl  1GH  as  the  heavens  above  the  ground 
«*■--"•  Reigns  the  Creator,  God  ; 

Wide  as  the  whole  creation's  bound 
Extends  his  awful  rod. 

2  Let  princes  of  exalted  state 

To  him  ascribe  their  crown  ; 

Render  their  homage  at  his  feet, 

And  cast  their  glories  down 

3  Know  that  his  kingdom  is  supreme) 

Your  lofty  thoughts  are  vam ; 
He  calls  you  gods,  that  awful  name. 
But  ye  must  die,  like  men. 

4  Then  let  the  sovereigns  of  the  globe 

Not  dare  to  vex  the  just ; 
He  puts  on  vengeance,  like  a  robe, 
And  treads  the  worms  to  dust. 

5  Ye  judges  of  the  earth,  be  wise, 

And  think  of  heaven  with  fear  ; 
The  meanest  saint,  whom  you  despise, 
Has  an  avenger  there. 


HYMN     CXVI.      CM.  (  &  ) 

Mercies  and  Thanks. 

HOW  can  I  sink  with  such  a  prop 
As  my  eternal  God, 
Who  bears  the  earth's  huge  pillars  ufo 

And  spreads  the  heavens  abroad. 
How  can  I  die  while  Jesus  lives, 

Who  rose,  and  left  the  dead  ? 
Pardon  and  grace  my  soul  receives 

From  mine  exalted  head. 
All  that  I  am,  and  all  I  have, 

Shall  be  forever  thine  ; 
Whate'er  my  duty  bids  me  gh£, 

^Jy  cheerful  hands  resign. 


■1&3         HYMN  CXVII,  CXVIII,  CXIX.        Book  IT 


4  Yet,  if  I  might  make  some  reserve, 
And  duty  did  not  call, 
I  love  my  God   with  zeal  so  grea  t, 
That  I  should  give  him  ail. 


HYMN     CXVII        L.  M.  (  fc  } 

Living  and  Dying  with  God  fireaen\ 

1  TT  C  \NNOT  bear  thine  absence,  Lord  ; 
*  My  life  expitvs  if  thou  depart  : 

Be  thou,  my  heart,  still  near  my  God, 
And  thou,  my  God,  be  near  my  heart; 

2  I  was  not  born  for  earth  or  sin, 
Nor  can  I  live  on  things  so  vile  ; 
Yet  I  will  stay  my  Father's  time, 
And  hope,  and  wait  for  heaven  awhile. 

3  Then,  dearest  Lord,  in  thine  embrace 
Let  me  resign  my  fleeting  breath  ; 
And,  with  a  smile  upon  my  face, 
Pass  the  important  hour  of  death. 


HYMN     CXVIII.       L.  M.  [  ^  ] 

The  Priesthood  of  Christ. 
LOOD  has  a  voice  to  pieice  the  skies; 
Revenge  !  the  blood  of  Abel  cries  ; 
But  the  dear  stream,  when  Christ  was  slain, 
Speaks  peace  as  loud  from  every  vein. 
•2  Pardon  and  peace  from  God  on  high  ; 
Behold,  he  lays  his  vengeance  by  ; 
And  rebels,  who  deserve  his  sword, 
Become  the  favourites  of  the  Lord. 
3  To  Jesus  let  our  praises  rise, 
Who  gave  his  life  a  sacrifice; 
Now  he  appears  before  his  God, 
And  for  our  pardon  pleads  his  blood. 


HYMN    CXIX.      C.  M.  f  £,  j 

The  Holy  Scriptures. 
J   ADEN  with  guilt,  and  full  of  fears', 
**  I  fly  to  thee,  my  Lord  ; 
And  not  a  glimpse  of  i>ope  appear-'. 
Bat  in  thy  written  word. 


Book  II.  HYMN     CXX,  163 


2  Hie  volume  of  my  Father's  grace 

Does  all  my  grief  assuage  ; 
Here  I  behold  my  Saviour's  face 
Almost  iu  every  page. 

3  (  This  is  the  field  where  hidden  liejs 

The  pearl  of  price  unknown  ; 
That  merchant  is  divinely  wise, 

Who  makes  this  pearl  his  own. 
i  Here  consecrated  water  flows, 

To  quench  my  thirst  of  sin  ; 
Here'the  fair  tree  of  knowledge  grows  i 

No  danger  dwells  therein.) 

5  This  is  the  Judge,  who  ends  the  strife, 

Where  wit  ai.d  reason  fail ; 
My  guide  to  everlasting  life, 
Through  all  this  gloomy   vale. 

6  Oh.  may  thy  counsels,  mighty  God, 

My  roving  feet  command  ; 
Nor  1  forsake  the  happy  road, 
Which  leads  to  thy  right  hand  I 


HYMN     CXX.       S.  M.  [  %  ] 

The  Law  and  Gosfiel  joined  in  Scripture: 

mHE  Lord  declares  his  will, 
-**•    And  ke^ps  the  world  in  awe  ; 
Amidst  the  smoke  on  Sinai's  hill 

Breaks  out  his  fiery  law. 

The  Lord  reveals  his  face  ; 

And,  sm  ling  from  above, 
Sends  down  the  gospel  of  his  grate, 

Th'  epistles  of  his  love. 

These  sacred  words  impart 

Our  Maker's  just  commands  ; 
The  pity  of  his  melting  heart, 

And  vengeance  of  his  hands. 

(  Hence  we  awake  our  fear, 

We  draw  our  comfort  iience  ; 
The  arms  of  grace  are  treasured  hel'e- 

And   armour  of  defence. 

We  learn  Christ  crucified* 

And  here  b  hold  his  blood  -r 
All  arts  and  knowledges  beside 
Will  do  us  little  eood.) 


164,  HYMN    CXXI,     CXXII.  Book  II, 


We  read  the  heavenly  word, 

We  take  the  ofFr'd  grace, 
Obey  the  statutes  of  the  Lord, 

And  trust  his  promises. 

In  vain  shall  Satan  rage 

Against  a  book  divine, 
Where  wrath  and  lightning  guard  the  page, 

Where  beams  of  mercy  shine. 


HYMN     CXXI.       L.  M.  (  fc>  ) 

The  Laxu  and  Gos/iel  distinguished. 

1  rjpiIE  Law  commands  and  makes  us  knovy 

•**•    What  duties  to  our  God  we  owe  ; 
But  'tis  the  gospel  must  reveal 
Where  lies  our  strength  to  do  his  will. 

2  The  law  discovers  guilt  and  sin, 

And  shows  how  vile  our  hearts  have  been: 
Only  the  gospel  can  express 
Forgiving  love,  and  cleansing  grace. 

3  What  curses  doth  the  law  denounce 
Against  the  man,  who  fails  but  once  1 
But  in  the  Gospel  Christ  appears, 
Pardoning  the  guilt  of  numerous  years. 

4  My  soul,  no  more  attempt  to  draw 
Thy  life  and  comfort  from  the  law  ; 
Fly  to  the  hope    the  gospel  gives  ; 
The  man,  who  trusts  the  promise,  lives; 


HYMN     CXXII.       L.   M.  [  *  ] 

Retirement  and  Mi  d'' at  ion. 

1    T\/Jpr  *~'°d5  permit  me  not  u  be 

-^-J  A  stranger  to  myself  ai/.l  tnee  ; 

Amidst  a  thousand  thoughts  I  rove, 

Forgetful  of  my  highest  love. 
3  Why  should  my  passions  mix  with  earth, 

Atld  thus  debase  my  heavenly  hi  tl    ! 

Why  should  I  cleave  to  thii 

And  let  my  God,  my  S  iviou  . 
3  Call  me  away  from  fl.s'> 

One   sovereign  word  can  draw  me  ItiiKCC  ; 

I  would  obey  the  voice  d>\ 

And  all  inferior  joys  resign. 


goos:  II.         HYMN     CXXUI,     CXXlV.  lt& 


4  Be  earth,  with  all  her  scenes,  withdrawn  ; 
Let  noise  and  vanity  begone  : 
In  secret  silence  of  the  nnnd, 
My  hea^en,  and  ihere  my  tJod,  I  find. 


HYMN     CXXUI,       L.  M.         (  *  or  b  ) 

Tlie  B:nejit  of  Public  Ordinances. 
>1     A  WAY  from  every  mortal  care, 

■**■  Away  from  earth,  our  souls  retreat  ; 

We  leave  this  worthless  world  afar, 

And  wait  and  worship  near  thy  seat. 
%  Lord,  in  the  temple  of  thy  grace 

We  see  Viy  feet,  and  we  adore  ; 

We  gaz     upon  thy  lovely  face, 

And  learn  the  wonders  of  toy  power, 
^3  While  here-,  our  various  wants  we  mourn  ; 

United  groans  ascend  on  high  ; 

And  prayers  produce  a  qu.ck  return 

Of  blessings  in  variety. 

4  (  If  Satan  rage,  and  sin  grow  strong, 
Here  we  receive  some  cheering  word  ; 
We  gird  the  gospel  armour  on, 

To  fight  the  battles  of  the  Lord. 

5  Or  if  our  spirit  faints  and  dits, 

(  Our  conscience  gall'd  with  inward  stings,) 
Here  doth  the  righteous  Sun  arise, 
With  healing  beams  beneath  his  wings.) 

6  Father,  my  soul  would  still  abide 
Within  thy  temple,  near  thy  side  ; 
But  if  my  f,  et  must  hence  depart, 
Still  keep  thy  dwelling  in  my  heart. 


HYMN     CXXIV.       C.    M.  f  «  ] 

M'jscs*  Aaron,  and  Joshua, 

,r  I  MS  not  the  law  often  commands, 

A     On  holy  Sinai  given, 
Or  sent  to  men  by  Moses*  hands, 

Can  bring  us  safe  to  heaven. 
'Tis  not  the  blood,  which  Aaron  spilt, 

Nor  smoke  of  iweetest  smell, 
Can  buy  a  pardon  for  our  guilt, 

To  save  our  souls  from  hell- 


166  HYMN     CXXV,     CXXVI.  Book  IT. 


3  Aaron,  the  priest,  resigns  h  s  breath 

At  God's  immediate  will  ; 
And  in  the  desert  yields  to  death, 
Upon  th'  appointed  hill. 

4  And  thus,  on  Jordan's  yonder  side, 

The  tribes  of  Israel  stand, 
While  Moses  bow'd  his  head  and  dy'd, 
Short  of  the  promised  land. 

5  Israel,  rejoice,  now  Joshua*  leads  ! 

He'll  bung  your  tribes  to  rest  ; 
So  far  the  Saviour's  name  exceeds 
The  ruler  and  the  priest. 

HYMN     CXXV,     L.  M.  (  *  ) 

Faith  and  Rejientar.ee*  Unbelief  and  Inijienitencc. 

1  "IT    [FE  and  immortal  joys  are  given 
J*-*4  To  souls,  who  mourn  the  sins  they've  done  ; 
Children  of  wrath  made  heirs  of  heaven, 
By  faith  in  Goi's  eternal  Son. 

2  Wo  to  the  wretch  who  never  felt 
The  inward  pangs  of  p'ous  gi  ;ef, 
But  adds  to  all  his  crying  guilt 
The  stubborn  sin  of  unbelief. 

3  The  law  condemns  the  rebel  dead, 
Under  the  wrath  of  God  he  lies  : 
He  seals  the  curse  on  his  own  head, 
And  with  a  double  vengeance  dies. 


HYMN     CXXVI.     C.     M.  f  «  ] 

GA  Glorified  in  the  Go»fiel. 


npHE 

X     In 


E   Lord,  descending  from  above, 


tvites  Ins  children  near  ; 
While  pjwer,  an  >  truth,  and  boundless  love 
Display  their  glories  hero. 
2<  Here,  in  the  gospel's  wonderous  frame, 
Fresh  wisdom  we  pursue  ; 
A  thousand  angels  learn  thy  name, 
Beyond  whate'et  they  kutw. 
3  Thy  name  is  writ  in  fairest  lines  ; 
Thy  wonders  here  we  trace  ; 
Wisdom  through  ail  the  mystery  shines, 

And  shines  in  Jtsu<s'  face. 
KToshua  the  same  with  Jes&s,  ami  Signifies  a  Sell 


Book  IT.      HYMN    CXXVII,    CXXVIII,  16f 


4  The  law  its  best  obedience  owes 
To  our  incarnate  God  ; 
And  thy  revenging  justice  shows 
Its  honours    in  his  blood. 
■  But  still  the  lustre  of  thy  grace 
Our  warmer  thoughts  employs, 
Gilds  the  whole  scene  with  brighter  rays, 
And  more  exalts  our  joys. 


HYMN     CXXVII.     L,  M.  (  &  ) 

Circunicision  and  Bafitism. 
Written  only  for  those  who  practise  Infant  Baptise. 

1  *  I  *  HUS  did  the  sons  of  Abraham  pass 

1       Under  the  bloody  seal  of  grace  1 
The  young  disciples  bore  the  yoke, 
Till  Christ  the  painful  bondage  broke. 

2  By  milder  ways  doth  Jesus  prove 
His  Father's  covenant,  and  his  love  ; 
He  seals  to  saints  his  glorious  grace, 
Nor  does  forbid  their  infant  race. 

3  Their  seed  is  sprinkled  with  his  blood, 
Their  children  set  apart  for  God  ; 
His  Spirit  on  their  offspring  shed, 
Like  water  pour'd  upon  the  head. 

4  Let  every  saint  with  cheerful  voice 
In  this  large  covenant  rejoice  ; 
Young  children  m  their  early  days, 
Shall  give  the  God  of  Abraham  praise* 


HYMN     CXXVIII.     C.  M.  (  &  ) 

Corrupt  Nature  from  Adam* 

1  "O  LEST  with  the  joys  ef  innocence, 
■IE)   Adam,  our  Father,  stood, 

Till  he  debased  his  soul  to  sense, 
And  ate  forbidden  food. 

2  Now  we  are  born  a  sensual  race, 

To  sinful  joys  inclined  ! 
Reason  has  lost  its  native  place, 

And  flesh  enclaves  the  mind. 
3'  While  flesh,  and  sense,  and  passion  reigns, 

Sin  is  the  sweetest  good  ; 
J3.  II.  P 


?68 


HYMN    CXXIX,    cxxx. 


Book  II, 


We  f  incy  music  in  our  chains, 

And  so  forget  the  load. 
Great  God,  renew  our  ruin'd    frame, 

Our  broken  powers  restore  : 
Inspire  us  with  a  heavenly  flame. 

And  flesh  shall  reign  no  more  \ 
Eternal  Spirit,  write  thy  law 

Upon  our  inward  parts, 
And  let  the  second  Adam  draw 

His  image  on  our  hearts. 


HYMN     CXXIX.       L.  M. 
We  walk  by  Faith,  not  by  Sight. 


(  *) 


"  I  *IS  by  the  faith  of  joys  to  come 


We  walk  through  deserts  dark  as  night  ; 
Till  we  arrive  at  heaven,  our  home, 
Faith  is  our  guide,  and  faith  our  light. 

2  The  want  of  sight  she  well  supplies  ; 
She  makes  the  pearly  gates  appear  ; 
Far  into  distant  worlds  she  pries, 
And  brings  eternal  glories  near. 

3  Cheerful  we  tread  the  desert  through, 
While  faith  inspires  a  heavenly  ray  ; 
Though  hons  roar,  and  tempests  blow, 
And  rocks  and  dangets  fill  the  way. 

4  So  Abraham,  by  div  ne  command, 
Left  his  own  house  to  walk  with  God  > 
His  faith  beheld  the  promised  land, 
And  fired  his  zeal  along  the  road. 


HYMN     CXXX.       C.  M. 

The  new  Creation. 

1  A  TTEND,  while  God's  exalted  Son, 
•**-   Doth  his  own  glory  shew  : 

«  Beheld.  I  sit  upon  my  throne, 
'k  Creating  all  things  new. 

2  "  Nature  and  sin  are  pass'd  away, 

41  And  the  old  Adam  dies  ; 
"My  hands  a  new  foundation  lay  ; 
«k  See  the  network!  arise. 
3/  "  I'll  be  a  Sun  dfjRighteousness 
^To  the  new  heavens  I  make  : 


(  *  ) 


Book  II.  HYMN     CXXXI.  160 


u  None  but  the  new-born  heirs  of  grace 
44  My  glories  shall  partake." 

4  Mighty  Redeemer  !  set  me  free, 

From  my  old  state  of  sin   ; 

Oh,  make  my  soul  alive  to  thee, 

Create  new  powers  within. 

5  Renew  mine  eyes,  and  form  mine  ears. 

And  mould  my  heart  afresh  ; 
Give  me  new  passions,  joys  and  fears, 
And  turn  the  stone  to  flesh. 

6  Far  from  the  regions  of  the  dead, 

From  sin,  and  earth,  and  hell, 
In  the  new  world,  which   grace  has  made, 
I  would  forever  dwell. 


HYMN     CXXXI.       L.  M.  [ 

The  Excellency  of  the  Christian  Religion. 
.1  *[["  ET  everlasting  glories  crown 

-**-**  Thy  head,  my  Saviour,  and  my  Lord  ; 

Thy  hands  have  brought  sa'vacion  down, 

And  writ  the  blessings  in  thy  word. 
2  (  What,  if  we  trace  the  globe  around, 

And  search  from  Britain  to  Japan, 

There  shall  be  no  religion  found 

So  just  to  God,  so  safe  for  man.) 
S  In  vain  the  trembling  conscience  seeks 

Some  solid  ground  to  rest  upon  ; 

With  long  despair  the  spirit  breaks, 

Till  we  apply  to  Christ  alone. 

4  How  well  thy  blessed  truths  agree  ! 
How  w;se  and  holy  thy  commands  ! 
Thy  promises,  how  firm  they  be  ! 
How  firm  our  hope  and  comfort  stands  I 

5  (  Not  the  feign'd  fields  of  heath'nish  bliss 
Could  raise  such  pleasure  in  the  mind  j 
Nor  does  the  Turkish  paradise 
Pretend  to  joys  so  well  refined  ) 

6  Should  all  the  forms  which  men  devise 
Assault  my  faith  with  treacherous  art) 
I'd  call  them  vanity  and  lies, 

And  bind  the  gospel  to  my  heart. 


>ro  HYMN  CXXXU,  CXXXIII,  CXXXIV.  Book  II 


HYMN     CXXXII.      C.  M.  (  *  ) 

The  Offices  of  Chris*. 
U  "TOTE  bless  the  Prophet  of  the  Lord, 
*  *    Who  comes  with  truth  and  grace  ; 
Jesus,  thy  Spirit  and  thy  word 
Shall  lead  us  in  thy  ways. 

2  We  reverence  our  High-Priest  above., 

Who  offered  up  his  blood  : 
And  lives  to  carry  on  his  love, 
By  pleading  with  our  God. 

3  We  honour  our  exalted  King, 

How  sweet  are  his  commands  J 
He  guards  our  souls  from  heli  and  .sfo, 
By  his  almighty  hands. 

4  Hosanna  to  his  glorious  name, 

Who  saves  by  different  ways  ; 
His  mercies  lay  a  sovereign  claim 
To  our  immortal  praise. 


HYMN     CXXXIII.       L.  M. 
The  Operations  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

1  INTERNAL  Spirit,  we  confess, 

*^  And  sing  the  wonders  of  thy  grace  ; 
Thy  power  conveys  our  blessings  down 
From  God  the  Father,  and  the  Son. 

2  Enlighten'd  by  thine  heavenly  ray, 
Our  shades  and  darkness  turn  to  day : 
Thine  inward  teachings  make  us  kno'.v 
Our  danger  and  our  refuge  too. 

3  Thy  power  and  glory  work  within, 
And  break  the  chains  of  reigning  sin  ^ 
Do  our  imperious  lusts  subdue, 

And  form  our  wretched  hearts  anew. 

4  The  troubled  conscience  knows  thy  voice  j 
Thy  cheering  words  awake  our  joys  ; 
Thy  words  allay  the  stormy  wind, 

And  calm  the  surges  of  the  mind. 


*  T 


HYMN     CXXXIV.       C.  M.  (  *  ) 

Circumcision  Abolished. 
HE  promise-was  divinely  free, 
Extensive  was  the  grace  : 


Book  II.       HYMN     CXXXV,     CXXXVI.  17  k 


"  I  will  the  God  of  Abraham  be, 

u  And  of  his  numerous  race." 
He  said — and  with  a  bloody  seal 

Confirm'd  the  words  he  spoke  ; 
Long  did  the  sons  of  Abraham  feel 

The  sharp  and  painful  yoke. 
Till  God's  own  Son,  descending  low. 

Gave  his  own  flesh  to  bieed  ; 
And  Gentiles  taste  the  blessings  now, 

From  the  hard  bondage  freed* 
4  The  God  of  Abraham  claims  our  praise  j 

His  promises  endure  ; 
And  Christ,  tne  Lord,  in  gentler  ways, 

Makes  the  salvation  sure 


HYMN     CXXXV.       L.  M,  (  %  J 

Types  and  Prophecies  of  Christ. 

1  "OEHOLD  the  woman's  promised  seed! 
-^  Behold,  the  great  Messiah  come  I 
Behold  the  prophets  all  agreed 

To  give  him  the  superior  room  ! 

2  Abraham,  the  saint,  rejoiced  ot  old, 
When  visions  of  the  Lord  he  saw  ~ 
Moses,  the  man  of  God,  foretold 
This  great  FulfrUler  of  his  law.  ' 

3  The  types  bore  witness  to  his  name, 
Obta>n'd  their  chief  design,  and  ceased; 
The  incense,  and  the  bleeding  lamb, 
The  ark,  the  altar,  und  the  priest. 

4  Predictions  in  abundance  meet, 

To  join  their  blessings  on  his  head  ; 

Jesus,  we  worship  at  thy  feet, 

And  nations  own  the  promised  seed. 


HYMN     CXXXVI.       L.  M.  (  %  ) 

Miracles  at  the  Birth  of  Christ. 

1  npHE  King  of  Glory  sends  his.  Son 

■"•    To  make  his  entrance  on  tins  earth  ; 
Behold  the  midnight  bright  as  noon, 
And  heavenly  hosts  declare  his  birth  I 

2  About  the  young  Redeemer's  head 
What  wonders  and  what  glories  meet; 

B.  II.  P  2 


.72         HYMN     CXXXVII,    CXXXVIH.     Hook  U 


An  unknown  star  arose  and  led 
The  eastern  sages  to  his  feet. 

3  Simeon  and  Anna  both  conspire 
The  infant  Saviour  to  proclaim  ; 
Inward  they  felt  the  sacred  fire, 

And  bless'd  the  Bab-,  and  own'd  his  nam^. 

4  Let  Jews  and  Greeks  blaspheme  aloud, 
And  treat  the  holy  Child  with  scorn  ; 
Our  souls  adore  th'  eternal  God, 
Who  condescended  to  be  born. 


HYMN     CXXXVII.       L.  M.  (  &  ) 

Miracles  in  the  L?fe,  Death,  a?id  Resurrection  of  CitPisi 
^    [TBEHOLD  the  blind  their  sight  receive  ! 
jE*  Behold  the  dead  awake  and  live  ! 
Tiie  dumb  speak  wonders  !  and  the  lame 
Leap,  like  the  hart,  and  bless  his  name k 

2  Thus  doth  th'  eternal  Spirit  own 
And  seal  the  mission  of  the  Son  ; 
The  Father  vindicates  his  cause, 
While  he  hangs  bleeding  on  the  cross. 

3  He  dies  !  the  heavens  in  mourning  stood  > 
He  rises  !  and  appears  a  God  : 
Behold  the  Lord  ascending  high, 
No  more  to  bleed,  no  more  to  d'.e  \ 

■I  Hence,  and  forever  from  my  heart 
1  bid  my  doubts  and  fears  depart ; 
And  to  those  hands  my  soul  resign, 
Which  bears  credentials  so  divine. 


HYMN     CXXXVIII.       L.  M. 

The  Potver  of  the  Gos/iei. 

>  npiilS  is  the  word  of  truth  and  loye, 
•"■    Sent  to  the  nations  from  above ; 
Jehovah  here  resolves  to  shew 
What  his  almighty  grace  can  do. 

*  This  remedy  did  wisdom  find, 
To  heal  diseases  of  the  mind  ; 
This  sovereign  balm,  whose  virtues  tan 
Restore  the  ruin'd  creature,  man. 

9  The  gospel  bids  the  dead  revive  ; 
Sinners  obey  the  yoice,  a;nd  iive-j 


(  *  j 


Boos  II.  HYMN     CXXXIX,    CXL.  iX 

Dry  bones  are  raised,  and  clothed  afresh ; 

And  hearts  of  stone  are  turn'd  to  ilesli. 
4  (  Where  Satan  reign' d  in  shades  of  night*. 

The  gospel  strikes  a  heavenly  light ; 

Our  lust  its  wonderous  power  controls-, 

And  calms  the  rage  of  angry  souls. 
§  Lions  and  beasts  of  savage  name 

Put  on  the  nature  of  the  Lamb  \ 

While  the  wide  world  esteems  it  strange," 

Gaze,  and  admire,  and  hate  the  change.) 
6.  May  but  this  grace  my  soul  renew, 

Let  sinners  gaze,  and  hate  me  too  ; 

The  word,  which  saves  me,  does  engage, 

A  sure  defence  from  all  their  rag^e. 


HYMN     CXXXIX.       L.  M.  [  &  ] 

The  Example  of  Christ. 

Y  dear  Redeemer,  and  my  Lord, 
1  read  my  duty  in  thy  word  : 
But  in  thy  life  the  law  appears  : 
Drawn  out  in  living  characters. 
'2  Such  was  thy  truth.,  and  such  thy  zeal, 
Such  deference  to  thy  Father's  will, 
Such  love,  and  meekness  so  divine, 
1  would  transcribe  and  make  them  mine. 

3  Cold  mountains,  and  the  midnight  air, 
Witness' d  the  fervour  of  thy  prayer  ; 
The  desert  thy  temptations  knew, 
Thy  conflict,  and  thy  victory  too. 

4  Be  thou  my  pattern  ;  make  me  bear 
More  of  thy  gracious  image  here  ; 
Then  God,  the  judge,  snail  own  my  name 
Among  the  followers  of  the  Lamb. 


HYMN     CXL.       C.  M.  (  *  } 

The  Examfile-s  of  Christ  and  the  Saints, 

GIVE  me  the  wings  of  faith  to  rise 
Within  the  veil,  and  see 
The  saints  above,  liow  great  their  joys; 

How  bright  their  glories  be  ! 
Once  they  were  mourning  here  belo^, 
And  wet  their  couch  with  tears  ? 


It  4, 


HYMNf    CXLI. 


Book  IT 


Tney  wrestled  hard,  as  we  do  now, 
With  sins,  and  doubts,  and  fears. 

3  I  ask  them,  whence  their  victory  came? 

They  with  united  breath, 
Ascribe  their  conquest  to  the  Lamb  ; 
Their  triumph,  to  his  death. 

4  They  mark'd  the  footsteps,  which  he  trod, 

(  His  zeal  inspired  their  breast :) 
And,  following  their  incarnate  Gud, 
Possess'd  the  promised  rest. 

5  Our  glorious  Leader  claims  our  praise^ 

For  his  own  pattern  given, 
Whi'e  the  long  cloud  of  witnesses 
Shows  the  same  path  to  heaven. 


HYMN     CXLI.       C    M.  [  *  ) 

JZaith  assisted  by  Sense  ;  or,  Preaching,    Ba/itismy  a?id  tfU 
Lord's  Sufifier. 
Y  Saviour  God,  my  Sovereign  Prince 
Reigns  far  above  the  skies  ; 
But  brings  his  graces  down  to  sense, 

And  helps  my  faith  to  rise. 
Mine  eyes  and  ears  shall  bless  his  name* 

They  read  and  hear  his  word  ; 
My  touch  and  taste  shall  do  the  same^ 

When  they  receive  the  Lord. 
Baptismal  water  is  design'd 

To  seal  his  cleansing  grace, 
While  at  his  feast  of  bread  and  wine 

He  gives  his  saints  a  place. 
But  not  the  waters  of  a  flood 

Can  make  my  flesh  so  clean, 
As  by  his  spirit  and  his  blood 

He'll  wash  my  soul  from  sin. 
Not  choicest  meats,  nor  noblest  wines, 

So  much  my  heart  refresh, 
As  when  my  faith  goe3  through  the  signs 

And  feeds  upon  his  flesh. 
I  love  the  Lord,  who  stoops  so  low, 

To  give  his  word  a  seal  : 
But  the  rich  grace  his  hands  bestow; 

Exceeds  the  figures  stffl. 


Boor.  II.  HYMN    CXLII,     CXLIII.  17JS 


HYMN     CXLII.      S.  M.  [  %  ] 

Faith  in  Chris?  our  Sacrifice, 

1  TVTOT  all  the  blood  of  beasts, 
-^  On  Jewish  altars  slain, 

Could  give  the  guilty  conscience  peace., 
Or  wash  away  the  stain. 

2  But  Christ,  the  heavenly  Lambj 
Takes  all  our  sins  away^; 

A  sacrifice  of  nobler  name, 
And  richer  blood  than  they. 
t>      My  faith  would  lay  her  hand 
On  that  dear  head  of  thine, 
While,  like  a  penitent,  I  stand* 
And  there  confess  my  sin. 
4       My  soul  looks  back  to  see 
The  burdens  thou  didst  bear, 
"When  hanging  on  the  cursed  tree* 
And  hopes  her  guilt  was  there. 
5'      Believing,  we  rejoice 

To  see  the  curse  remove ; 
We  bless  the  Lamb  with  cheerful  voicq. 
And  sing  his  bleeding  love. 


HYMN     CXLIII.      C.  M.  (  &  ) 

Flesh  and  Spirit. 

i  "O/HAT  different  powers  of  grace  and  sin 
V  v      Attend  our  mortal  state  ! 
I  hate  the  thoughts,  which  work  within, 
And  do  the  works  I  hate. 

2  Now  I  complain,  and  groan,  and  die, 

While  sm  and  Satan  reign  ; 
Now  raise  my  songs  of  triumph  high, 
For  grace  prevails  again. 

3  So  darkness  struggles  with  the  light*, 

'Till  perfect  day  arise  : 
Water  and  fire  maintain  the  fight 
Until  the  weaker  dies. 

4  Thus  will  the  flesh  and  spirit  stnv£, 

And  vex  and  break  my  peace  ; 
But  I  shall  quit  this  mortal  life. 
And  sin  forever  cea^e* 


176  HYMN     CXLIV^    CXLV.  Book  If. 

HYMN     CXLIV\      L.  M.         ""(  #~7~ 

The  Effusion  of  the  Sfiirit  ;  or,  the  Success  of  the  Gos/iet. 

1  ({TrREAT  Was  the  ddy'  the  J0^  was  Sreat> 
^T   When  the  divine  disciples  met  ; 

Whilst  on  their  heads  the  Spirit  came, 

And  sat,  like  tongues  of  cloven  flame. 

%  What  gifts,  what  miracles  he  gave  ! 

And  power    to  kill,  and  power  to  save  ! 

Furnish'd  their  tongues  with  wonderous  words, 

Instead  of  shields,  and  spears,  and  swords. 

3  Thus  arm'd  he  sent  the  champions  forth, 
From  east  to  west,  from  south  to  north  ; 

w  Go,  and  assert  your  Savionr's  cause  ; 
"  Go,  spread  the  mystery  of  his  cross." 

4  These  weapons  of  the  holy  war, 
Of  what  Almighty  force  they  are, 
To  make  our  stubborn  passions  bow, 
And  lay  the  proudest  rebel  low  ! 

$  Nations,  the  learned  and  the  rude, 

Are  by  these  heavenly  ar  us  subdued ; 

While  Satan  rages  at  his   loss, 

And  hates  the  doctrine  of  the  cross. 
6  Great  King  of  grace,  my  heart  subdue  ^ 

I  would  be  led  in  triumph  too, 

A  willing  captive  to  my  Lord, 

And  sing  the  victories  of  his  word. 


HYMN     CXLV.       C.  M.  (  #  ) 

Sfght  through  a  Glass,  and  Face  to  Face* 

1  ]T  LC3VL  the  windows  of  thy  grace, 
*  Through  which  my  Lord  is  seen, 
And  long  to  meet  my  Saviour's  face, 

Without  a  glass  between. 

2  Oh,  that  the  happy  hour  were  come^ 

To  change  my  faith  to  sight  ! 
I  should  behold  my  Lord  at  home, 
In  a  diviner  light. 

3  Haste,  my   Beloved,  and  remove 

1  hese   interposing  days  ; 
Then  shall  my  passions  all  be  lovej 
And  all  my  powers  be  praise. 


BeoK  II.        HYMN    CXLVI,     CXLVII.  \rr 


HYMN     CXLVI.       L.     M,  [  b  3 

The  Vanity  of  Creatures  ;  or,  no  Rest  on  Eartht 
\N  has  a  soul  of  vast  desires. 
He  burns  within  with  restless  fires  ; 

Tost  to  and  fro,  his  passions  fly 

From  vanity  to  vanity. 
2   In  vain  on  earth  we  hope  to  find 

Some  solid  good  to  fill  the  m  nd  ; 

We  try  new  pleasures  ;  but  we  feel 

The  inward  thirst  and  torment  still. 
J3  So  when  a  raging  fever  burns, 

We  shift  from  side  to  side  by  turns; 

And  'tis  a  poor  relief  we  gain, 

To  change  the  place,  but  keep  the  pain. 
A  Great  God  !  subdue  this  vicious  thirsty 

This  love  to  vanity  and  dust  ; 

Curt:  the  vile  fever  of  the  mind, 

And  feed  our  souls  w.th  joys  refined. 


HYMN     CXLVII.       C,  M.  (  *  } 

The  Creation  of  the  World. 
J   "  T^T^^  'et  a  spacious  world  arise," 
•*-^    Said  the  Creator,  Lord  ; 
At  once  th' obedient  earth  and  skies 
Rose  at  his  sovereign  word. 
.2  (  Dark  was  the  deep  ;  the  waters  lay 
Confused,  and  drown'd  the  land  ; 
He  cali'd  the  light — the  new-born  day 
Attends  on  his  command. 
JS  He  bids  the  clouds  ascend  on  high  % 
The  clouds  ascend,  and  bear 
A  watery  treasure  to  the  sky, 
And  float  on  softer  air. 
4  The  liquid  element  below 

Was  gather' d  by  his  hand  : 
The  roiling  seas  together  flow, 
And  leave  the  solid  land. 
I   With  herbs  and  plants,  a  flowery  birth. 
The  naked  globe  he  crown'd, 
Ere  there  was  rain  to  bless  the  earth, 
Or  sun  to  warm  the  ground. 
f>  Then  he  adorn'd  the  upper  skies  ; 
Behold,  the  sun  appears  j 


tf8  HYMN     CXLVIII.  Book  Ik 


The  moon  and  stars  in  order  rise, 
To  mark  out  months  and  years, 
f  Out  of  the  deep  th*  almighty  King 
DkI  vital  beings  frame, 

The  painted  fowls  of  every  wing, 
And  fish  of  every  name.) 

8  He  gave  the  lion  and  the  worm 

At  once  their  wonderous  birth,     . 
And  grazing  beasts  of  various  form 
Rose  irom  the  teeming  earth. 

9  Adam  was  form'd  of  equal  clay, 

Though  sovereign  of  the  rest, 
Design'd  for  nobler  ends  than  they  ; 
With  God's  own  image  bless'd. 

10  Thus  glorious  in  the  Maker's  eye 

The  young  creation  stood ; 
He  saw  the  building  from  on  high, 
His  word  pronounced  it  good. 

1 1  Lord,  while  the  frame  of  nature  stands, 

Thy  praise  shall  fill  my  tongue  ; 
But  the  new  world  ot  grace  demands 
A  more  exalted  song. 


HYMN     CXLVIII.      CM.  [  *  3 

God  Reconciled  in  Christ. 
i  TT^vEAREST  of  all  the  names  above, 
%     JL*'  My  Jesus  and  my  God, 

Who  can  resist  thy  heavenly  love, 
Or  trifle  with  thy  blood  ! 
2  'Tis  by  the  merits  of  thy  death 
The  Father  smilts  again  ; 
'Tis  by  thine  interceding  breath 
The  spirit  dwells  with  men. 
•3  'Till  God  «.n  human  flesh  I  see, 
My  thoughts  no  comfort  fin  !  ; 
The  holy,  just  and  sacred  Three] 
Are  terrors  to  my  mind. 
•1  But  if  Emmanuel's  face  appear, 
My  hope,  my  joy  begins  ; 
His  name  forbids  my  slavish  fear- 
His  jjrrace  removes  my  sins. 


Book  II.  HYMN     CXLIX,     CL.  17,9 


5  While  Jews  on  their  own  law  rely, 
And  Greeks  of  wisdom  boast, 
I  love  th'  incarnate  mystery, 
And  there  I  fix  my  trust. 


HYMN     CXLIX.       C.  M.  f  %  ] 

Honour  to  Magistrates  ;  ory  Government  from  God, 
1  "JTJP  TERNAL  Sovereign  of  the  sky, 
**  And  Lord  of  all  below, 
"We  mortals  to  thy  Majesty 
Our  first  obedience  owe. 

2  Our  souls  adore  ihy  throne  supreme, 

And  bless  thy  providence, 
For  magistrates  of  meaner  name, 
Our  glory  and  defence. 

3  (  The  rulers  of  our  land  shall  shine 

With  rays  above  the  rest, 
Where  laws  and  liberties  combine 
To  make  the  nation  bless'd.) 

4  Kingdoms  on  firm  foundations  stand. 

While  virtue  finds  reward  ; 
And  sinners  perish  from  the  land, 
By  justice  and  the  sword. 

5  Let  Cesar's  due  be  ever  paid 

To  Cesar  and  his  throne  ; 
But  consciences  and  souls  were  made 
To  be  the  Lord's  alone. 


HYMN     CL.       CM.  [  b  j 

The  Deceitjulness  of  Sin. 

1  QIN  has  a  thousand  treacherous  arts 
^  To  practise  on  the  mind  ; 

With  flattering  looks  she  tempts  our  hearts, 
Bat  leaves  a  sting  behind. 

2  With  names  of  virtue  she  deceives 

The  aged  and  the  young ; 
And  while  the  heedless  wretch  believes, 
She  makes  his  fetters  strong. 

3  She  pleads  for  all  the  joys  she  brings, 

And  gives  a  fair  pretence  ; 
But  cheats  the  soul  of  heavenly  tilings, 
And  chains  it  down  to  sense. 
B.  II.  Q 


180   •  HYMN     CM,     CUT.  Book 


•i  So,  on  a  tree  divinely  fair, 
Grew  the  forbidden  food  ; 
Our  mother  took  the  poison  there, 
And  tainted  all  iter  blood. 


HYMN     CLI.     L.  M.  (  *  ) 

Profihecy  and  Inspiration. 

1  'rip WAS  by  an  order  from  the  Lord, 

«*■•    The  ancient  prophets  spoke  his  word  ; 
His  Spirit  did  their  tongues  inspire, 
And  warm'd  their  hearts  with  heavenly  fire. 

2  The  works  and  wonders,  which  they  wrought, 
Confirmed  the  messages  they  brought ; 

The  prophet's  pen  succeeds  hi    breath, 
To  save  the  holy  words  from  death. 

3  Great  God  !  mine  eyes  with  pleasure  look 
On  the  clear  volume  of  thy  book  ; 
There  my  Redeemer's  face  I  see, 

And  read  his  name,  who  died  for  me. 

4  Lei  the  false  raptures  of  the  mind 
Be  lost,  and  vanish  in  the  wind  ; 
Here  I  can  fix  my  hope  secure  ; 
This  is  thy  word,  and  must  endure. 


HYMN     CLII.       C.  M.  [  *  .} 

Sinai  and  Sion.     Heb.  xn.  1$;  Sec. 

NOT  to  the  tcrrours  of  the  Lord, 
The.  tempest,  fire  and  smoke  ; 
Not  to  the  thunder  of  that  word, 
Which  God  on  Sinai  spoke  : 

2  But  we  are  come  to  Sinn's  hill, 

The  city  of  our  God, 
Where  milder  words  declare  his  will, 
And  Spread  his  love  abroad. 

3  Behold  th'  innumerable  host 

Of  angels  clothed  in  light  ! 
Behold  the  spirits  of  the  just, 
Whose  faith  is  tprn'd  to  sight  ! 

4  Behold  the  bless'd  assembly  there, 

Whose  names  are  writ  in  heaven  ; 
And  God,  the  judge  of  all,  declares 
Their  vilest  sins  forgiven. 


Book  il.  HYMN     CLIII,     CLIV.  181 


5  The  saints  on  earth,  and  all  the  dead, 

But  one  communion  make; 
All  join  in  Christ,  their  living  Head, 
And  of  his  grace  partake. 

6  In  such  society  as  this 

My  weary  soul  would  rest: 
The  man,  who  dwells  w  lie  re  Jesus  is, 
Must  be  forever  bless'd. 


HYMN     CLIII.      CM.  (  b  ) 

The  Distemfier,  Folly,  and  Madness  of  Sin. 
j  1    O  IN,  like  a  venomous  disease, 
^j)  Infects  our  vital  blood  ;  f 

The  only  balm  is  sovereign  grace, 
And  the  physician,  God. 

2  Our  beauty  and  our  strength  are  fled, 

And  we  draw  near  co  death, 
But  Christ,  the  Lord,  recalls  the  dead, 
With  his  almighty  breath. 

3  Madness  by  nature  reigns  within, 

The  passions  burn  and  rage, 
Till  God's  own  Son,  with  skill  divine, 
The  inward  fire  assuage. 

4  (  We  lick  the  dust,  we  grasp  the  wind, 

And  solid  good  despise  : 
Such  is  the  folly  of  the  mind, 
Till  Jesus  makes  us  wise.) 

5  We  give  our  souls  the  wounds  they  feel. 

We  drink  the  poisonous  gall, 

And  rush  with  fury  down  to  hell ; 

But  heaven  prevents  the  fall. 

6  (  The  man  possess'd  among  the  tombs, 

Cuts  his  own  flesh  and  cries  : 
He  foams,  and  raves,  till  Jesus  comes, 
And  the  foul  spirit  flies  ) 


HYMN     CLIV.      L.  M.  [  b  ) 

Self-  Righteousness  Insufficient. 

1  f'"OT"HERE  are  the  mourners,"  saith  the  Lord, 
V  v    t»  \vi,0  xvait  and  tremble  at  my  word  ? 
"  Who  walk  in  darkness  all  the  day  ? 
<l  Come,  make  my  name  your  trust  and  stay. 


182  HYMN  CLV,    CLVI.  Book  If. 


2  "  (  No  works  nor  duties  of  your  own 
"  Can  for  the  smallest  sin  atone  : 
"  The  robes,  which  nature  may  provide, 
"  Will  not  your  least  pollution  hide. 

3  «  The  softest  couch,  which  nature  knows, 
"  Can  give  the  conscience  no  repose  : 

"  Look  to  my  righteousness,  and  live  ; 
"  Comfort  and  peace  are  mine  to  give.) 

4  "  Ye  sons  of  pride,  who  kindle  coals 

"  With  your  own  hands,  to  warn,  your  souls, 
"  Walk  in  the  light  of  your  own  fire, 
"  Enjoy  the  sparks  which  ye  desire  : 

5  "  This  is  your  portion  at  my  hands  ; 

"  Hell  waits  you  with  her  iron  bands  ; 
"  Ye  shall  lie  down  in  sorrow  there, 
"  In  death,  in  darkness,  and  despair." 

HYMN    CLV.      CM.  [  b  1 

Christ,  our  Passover. 

1  T   O,  the  destroying  angel  flies 
*-*  To  Pharaoh's  stubborn  land  ! 
The  pride  and  fljwerof  Egypt  dies 

By  his  vindictive  hand. 

2  He  pass'd  the  tents  of  Jacob  o'er, 

Nor  pour'd  the  wrath  divine  ! 

He  saw  the  blood  on  every  door, 

And  bless'd  the  peaceful  sign. 

3  Thus  the  appointed  Lamb  must  bleed, 

To  break  tli'  Egyptian  yoke  : 
Thus  Israel  is  from  bondage  freed, 
And  'scapes  the  angel's  stroke. 

4  Lord,  if  my  heart  were  sprinkled  too 

With  blood  so  rich  as  thine, 
Justice  no  longer  would  pursue 
This  guilty  soul  of  mine. 

5  Jesus,  our  passover,  was  slain, 

And  has  at  once  procured 
Freedom  from  Satan's  heavy  chain, 
And  God's  avenging  sword. 


HYMN     CLVI.       C.  M.  (  b  ) 

Presumption  and  Desfiair  ;  or  Satan's  various  Temfitatiofo* 
)    ¥  HATE  the  tempter  and  his  charms  ; 
*•  I  hate  his  flattering  breath  ; 


Book  II.  I1YMM     CLVII.  ico 


The.  serpent  takes  a  thousand  forms 
To  cheat  our  souls  to  death. 

2  He  feeds  ouv  hopes  with  airy  dreams, 

Or  kills  with  slavish  fear  ; 
And  holds  us  still  in  wide  extremes, 
Presumption,  or  despair. 

3  Now  he  persuades,  "  How  easy  'tis 

11  To  walk  the  road  to  heaven  ;" 
Anon  he  swells  our  sins,  and  cries, 
"  They  cannot  be  forgiven." 

4  (  He  bids  young  sinners  %i  yet  forbear 

M  To  think  of  God,  or  death  ; 
"  For  prayer  and  devotion  are 
"  But  melancholy  breath." 

5  He  tells  the  aged,  "  they  must  die, 

w  And  'tis  too  late  to  pray  ; 
"  In  vain  for  mercy  now  they  cry, 
"  For  they  have  lost  their  day/') 

6  Thus  he  supports  his  cruel  throne 

By  mischief  and  deceit, 
And  drugs  the  sons  of  Adam  down 
To  darkness  and  the  pit. 

7  Almighty  God,  cut  short  his  power  ; 

Let  him  :n  darkness  dwell  ; 
And,  that  he  vex  the  earth  no  more, 
Confine  him  down  to  hell. 


HYMN     CLVH.       C.  M.  [  b   i 

T'nc  Same, 

1  "]VTOW  Satan  comes  with  dreadful  roa:\ 
-^   And  threatens  to  destroy  ; 

He  worries  whom  he  can't  devour  A> 

With  a  malicious  joy. 

2  Ye  sons  of  God,  oppose  bis  rage, 

Resist,  and  hu1!!  be  gone  ; 
Thus  did  our  dearest  Lord  e'Agage, 
And  vanquish  him  alone. 

3  Now  he  appears  almost  divine, 

Like  innocence  and  love  ; 
But  the  old  serpent  lurks  within, 
When  he  assumes  the  dove. 
B>  II.  Q  2 


184 


HYMN    CLVIII,    CLIX. 


4-   My  from  the  false  deceiver's  tongue, 
Ye  sons  of  Adam,  fly  ; 
Our  parents  found  the  snare  too  strong, 
Nor  should  the  children  try. 


HYMN    CLVIII.       L.  M.  [  b  J 

FeV)  saved  ;  or,  the  Almost   Christian,   the  Hypocrite 
Apostate. 

1  Tj|  ROAD  is  the  road,  which  leads  to  death, 
XJ  And  thousands  walk  together  there  ; 
But  wisdom  shows  a  narrower  path, 

With  here  and  theie  a  traveller. 

2  "  Deny  thyself,  and  take  thy  cross," 
Is  the  Redeemer's  great  command  ; 
Nature  must  count  he!  gold  but  dross, 
If  she  would  gam  this  heavenly  land. 

3  The  fearful  soul,  who  tires  and  faints, 
And  walks  the  ways  of  God  no  more, 
Is  but  esteem'd  almost  a  saint, 

And  makes  his  own  destruction  sure. 

4  Lord,  let  not  all  my  hopes  be  vain  ; 
Create  my  heart  entirely  new  ; 
Which  hypocrites  could  ne'er  attain, 
Which  false  apostates  never  knew. 


HYMN     CLIX.      C    M.  [  *  J 

An  Unconverted  State;  or.  Converting  Grace. 
r  (Ti  REAT  King  of  glory,  and  of  grace, 
^^  We  own,  with  humble  shame, 
How  vile  is  our  degenerate  race, 
And  our  first  father's  name  ! 
a  From  Adam  flows  our  tainted  blood, 
The  poison  reigns  within, 
Makes  us  averse  to  all  that's  good, 
And  willing  slaves  to  sin. 

3  (  Daily  we  break  thy  holy  laws, 

And  then  reject  thy  grace  ; 
Engaged  in  the  old  serpent's  cause, 
Against  our  Maker's  face.) 

4  We  live  estrange:!  afar  from  God, 

And  love  the  distance  w<  U  : 
With  haste  we  run  the  dangerous  read.' 
\Vjiich  Ifcads  to  death  and  hell. 


Book  II.  HYMN    CLX,    CLXt.  U; 


And  can  such  rebels  be  res'ored  ? 

Such  natures  made  divine  ? 
Let  sinners  see  thy  glory,  Lord, 

And  feel  this  power  of  thine. 
We  raise  our  Father's  name  on  high. 

Who  his  own  Spirit  sends, 
To  bring  rebellious  strangers  nigh, 

And  turn  his  foes  to  friends. 


HYMN     CLX.       L.  M.  [  £>  % 

Custom  in  Sin. 

1  71"  ET  the  wild  leopards  of  the  wood 
•J*-4  Put  of  the  spots  which  nature  gives; 
Then  may  the  wicked  turn  to  God, 

And  change  their  tempers  and  their  lives. 

2  As  well  might  Ethiopian  slaves 
Wash  out  the  darkness  of  their  skin  ; 
The  dead  as  well  may  leave  their  graved, 
As  old  transgressors  cease  to  sin. 

3  Where  vice  has  held  its  empire  long, 
'Twill  not  endure  the  least  control; 
None  but  a  power  divinely  strong 
Can  turn  the  current  of  the  soul* 

4  Great  God  !   I  own  thy  power  divine, 
Which  works  to  change  this  heart  of  mine; 
I  would  be  form'd  anew,  and  bless 

The  wonders  of  creating  grace. 


HYMN     CLXI.      C.  M.  f  b  } 

Christian  Virtues  ;  <?r,  the  Difficult]  of  Conversion. 

TRAIT  is  the  way,  the  door  is  strait, 
Which  leads  to  joys  on  high  ; 
'Tis  but  a  few  who  find  the  gate, 

While  crowds  mistake  and  die. 
Beloved  self  must  be  denied, 

The  mind  and  will  rcnew'd, 
Passion  suppress'd,  and  patience  trieel, 

And  vain  desires  subdued. 
(  Flesh  is  a  dangerous  foe  to  grace, 

Where  it  prevails  and  rules; 
Flesh  must  be  humbled,  pride  abase_d, 

Lest  they  destroy  our  soul?  ) 


*86  HYMN     CLXII,     CLXTII.  Book  II 


4  The  love  of  gold  be  banish'd  hence, 
(  That  vile  idolatry) 
And  every  member,  evary  sense, 
In  sweet  subjection  lie.  • 
3  The  tongue,  that  most  unruly  power,: 
Requires  a  strong  restraint ; 
We  must  be  watchful  every  hour, 
And  pray,  but  never  faint. 
6  Lord,  can  a  feeble,  helpless  worm 
Fulfil  a  task  so  hard  I 
Thy  grace  must  all  my  work  perform., 
And  give  the  free  reward. 


HYMN     CLXII.       C.  M.  [  *  ] 

Meditation  of  Heaven  ;  or,  the  Joys  of  Fc.i'h. 

1  TX/ifY  thoughts,  surmount  these  lower  skies, 
-1-V-ll   And  look  within  the  veil  ; 

There  springs  of  endless  pleasure,  rise, 
The  waters  never  fail. 

2  There  I  behold,  with  sweet  delight, 

The  blessed  Three  in  One  ; 
And  strong  affections  fix  my  sight 
On  God's  incarnate  Son. 

3  His  promise  stands  forever  firm, 

His  grace  shad  ne'er  depart  ; 
He  binds  my  name  upon  his  arm, 
And  seals  it  on  his  heart. 

4  Light  are  the  pains  which  nature  brings  j 

How  short  our  sorrows  are, 
When  with  eternal  future  things  s 

The  present  we  compare  1 

5  I  would  not  be  a  stranger  still 

To  that  celestial  place, 
Where  I  forever  hope  to  dwell 
Near  my  Redeemer's  face. 

HYMN     CLXI1I.       C.  M.  (  b  J 

Complaint  of  Desertion  and  Tcmfi  at  ion. 
4   TT^EAR  Lord,  behold  our  sore  distress  ; 
i*-^  Our  sins  attempt  to  reign  ; 
Stretch  out  thine  arm  of  conquering  graced 
And  let  thy  foes  be  slain.- 


Book  II.  HYMN     CLXIV,     CLXV.  187 

■  '       -  '  '  _       ■    ———»«■■». 

2  (  The  lion,  with  his  dreadful  roar, 

Affrights  thy  feeble  sheep  : 

Reveal  the  glory  of  thy  power, 

And  chain  him  to  the  deep. 

3  Must  we  indulge  a  long  despair  ? 

Shall  our  petitions  die  ? 
Our  mournings  never  reach  thine  ear  ? 
Nor  tears  affect  thine  eye  ?  J 

4  If  thou  despise  a  mortal  groan, 

Yet  hear  a  Saviour's  blood  ; 
An  advocate  so  near  the  throne. 
Pleads  and  prevails  with  God. 

5  He  brought  the  Spirit's  powerful  sword, 

To  slay  our  deadly  foes : 
j     Our  sins  shall  die  beneath  thy  word., 
And  hell  in  vain  oppose. 

6  How  boundless  is  our  Father's  grace, 

In  height,  and  depth,  and  length  I 
He  made  his  Son  our  righteousness, 
His  Spirit  is  our  strength. 

'J— —  111'    IIMWII  —*  IIWIB—M — — 

HYMN     CLXIV.      C.  M.  (  $  ) 

The  End  of  the    World. 

1  TSjyHY  should  this  earth  d-.  light  us  so  ? 

^  *     Why  should  we  iix  our  eyes 
On  these  low  grounds,  where  sorrows  grow. 
And  every  pleasure  dies  ! 

2  While  time  his  sharpest  teeth  prepares 

Our   comforts  to  devour, 
There  is  a  land  above  the  stars, 
And  joys  above  his  power. 

3  Nature  shall  be  dissolved  and  die., 

The  sun  must  end  his  race  ; 
The  earth  and  sea  forever  fly 
Before  my  Saviour's  face. 

4  When  will   that  glorious  morning  rise, 

When  the  last  trumpet  sound, 

And  call  the  nations  to  the  skies 

From  underneath  the  ground  ? 


HYMN     CLXV,       CM.  f  fc  ] 

UnfruitJ ulness,  Ignorance,  and  unsanenjied  Jjfectiofis, 
ONG  have  I  sat  beneath  the  soun^ 
Of  thy  salvation,  Lord  j 


L 


188  HYMN     CLXVI.  Book  II 


But  still  how  weak  my  faith  is  found, 
And  knowledge  of  thy  word  ! 

2  Oft  I  fiequent  thy  holy  place, 

And  hear  almost  in  vain  : 
How  small  a  portion  of  thy  grace 
My  memory  can  retain  1 

3  (  My  dear  Almighty,  and  my  God, 

How  little  art  thou  known 
By  all  the  judgments  of  thy  rod, 
And  blessings  of  thy  throne  !  ) 

4  (  How  cold  and  feeble  is  my  love  I 

How  negligent  my  fear  I 
How  low  my  hope  of  joys  above  \ 

How  few  affections  there  !  ) 
$  Great  God  !  thy  sovereign  power  impart,' 

To  give  thy  word  success ; 
Write  thy  salvation  in  my  heart, 

And  make  me  learn  thy  grace. 
6  (  Show  my  forgetful  feet  the  way, 

Which  leads  to  joys  on  high  ; 
There  knowledge  grows  witout  decay, 

And  love  shall  never  die. ) 


HYMN     CLXVI.       CM.  [  %  } 

The  Divine  Perfections, 
1  TO OW  shall  I  praise  th'  eternal  God, 
■"-•"-  That  infinite  unknown  ? 
Who  can  ascend  his  high  abode, 
Or  venture  near  his  throne  ? 

3  (  The  great  Invisible  I  He  dwells 
Conceal'd  in  dazzling  light ; 
But  his  all-searching  eye  reveals 
The  secrets  of  the  night. 

3  Those  watchful  eyes,  which  never  sleep, 

Survey  the  world  around  ; 
His  wisdom  is  a  boundless  deep, 

Where  all  our  thoughts  are  drown'd.) 

4  (  Speak  we  of  strength  ?  His  arm  is  strong, 

To  save  or  to  destroy  ; 
Infinite  years  his  life  prolong, 
And  endless  is  his  joy.) 

5  (He  knows  no  shadow  of  a  change, 

Nor  alters  his  decrees  ; 


Book  II.  HYMN     CLXVII.  189 


Firm,  as  a  rock,  his  truth  remains, 
To  guard  his  promises.) 

6  (  Sinners  before  his  presence  die; 

How  holy  is  his  name  ! 
His  anger  and  his  jealousy- 
Burn,  like  devouring  (lame.) 

7  Justice  upon  a  dreadful  throne 

Maintains  the  rights  of  God, 
Wh'le  mercy  sends  her  pardons  down? 
Bought  with  a  Saviour's  blood, 

8  Now  to  my  soul,  immortal  King, 

Speak  some  forgiving  word  ; 
Then  'twill  be  double  joy  to  sing 
The  glories  of  my  Lord, 


HYMN     CLXVII.     L.  M.  (  *  ) 

The  Divine  Perfections, 
REAT  God  !   thy  glories  shall  '-mploy 
My  holy  fear,  my  humble  joy  I 
My  lips,  in  songs  of  honour,  bring 
Their  tribute  to  th1  eternal  King. 
'2  (Earth  and  the  sUrs,  and  worlds  unknown, 
Depend  precarious  on  hi    throne  ; 
All  nature  hangs  upon  his  word, 
And  grace  and  glory  own  the  Lord.) 
■3  (His  sovreign  power  what  mortal  knows  I 
If  he  commands,  who  dare  oppose  ? 
With  strength  he  girds  himself  around 
And  treads  the  rebels  to  the  ground.) 

4  (Who  shall  pretend  to  teach  him  skill, 
Or  guide  the  counsels  of  his  will  ? 
His  wisdom,  like  a  sea,  divine, 
Flows  deep  and  high  beyond  our  line.) 

5  (His  name  is  holy,  and  his  eye 
Burns  with  immortal  jealousy  ; 

He  hates  the  sons  of  pride,  and  sheds 
His  fiery  vengeance  on  their  heads.) 
f>  (The  beamings  of  his  piercing  sight 
Bring  dark  hypocrisy  to  light  : 
Death  and  destruction  naked  he, 
And  hell  uncovered  to  his  eye.) 


190  HYMN     CLXVTII,     CLXIX,         Book  II 


7  (Tli'  eternal  law  before  him  stands  ;' 
His  justice,  with  impartial  hands, 
Divides  to  all  their  due  reward, 

Or  by  the  sceptre,  or  the  sword.) 

8  (His  mercy,  like  a  boundless  sea, 
Washes  our  load  of  guilt  away  : 
While  his  own  Son  came  down  and  died, 
T'  engage  his  justice  on  our  side.) 

9  (Each  of  his  words  demands  my  faith, 
My  soul  can  rest  on  all  he  saith  ! 

His  truth  inviolably  keeps 

The  largest  promise  of  h.s  lips.) 

10  Oh,  tell  me  wrth  a  gentle  voice, 

"  Thou  art  my  God,"  and  I'll  rejoice  ! 
FiU'd  with  thy  love,  I  dare  proclaim 
The  brightest  honours  of  thy  name. 


HYMN     CLXVHI.     L.  M 

The  Same. 

1  "JEHOVAH  reigns,  his  throne  is  high, 
•^    His  robes  are  light  and  majesty  ; 
His  glory  shines  with  beams  so  bright, 
No  mortal  can  sustain  the  sight. 

2  His  terrours  keep  the  world  in  awe, 
His  justice  guards  his  holy  law, 
His  love  reveals  a  smiling  face, 

His  truth  and  promise  seal  the  grace. 
j  Through  a!l  his  works  his  wisdom  shines, 

And  bailies  Satan's  deep  designs  ; 

His  power  is  sovereign  to  fulfil 

The  noblest  counsels  of  his  will. 
i  And  will  this  glorious  Lord  descend 

To  be  my  Father  and  my  Friend  ? 

Then  let  my  songs  with  angels'  j6in  i 

Heaven  is  secure,  if  (iod  be  mine. 


HYMN     CLXIX.     II.   M;  (  * 

The  Same. 


THE  Lord,  Jehovah,  reigns 
His  throne  is  built  on  hie 


The  garments  he  assumes 
Are  light  and  majesty  ; 


.-,■> 


Book  II.  HYMN     CLXX.  191 


His  glories  shine  With  beams  so  bright, 

No  mortal  eye  Can  bear  the  sight. 

2  The  thunders  of  his  band 

Keep  the  wide  world  in  awe  ; 
His  wrath  and  justice  stand 

To  guard  his  holy  law  ; 
And  where  his  iove         Resolves  to  bless, 
His  truth  confirms  And  seals  the  grs 

3  Through  all  his  ancient  works 

Surprising  wisdom  shines, 
Confounds  the  powers  of  hell, 

And  breaks  then    cursed  designs  ; 
Strong  is  h;s  arm,  And  shall  fulfil 

His  great  decrees,       His  sovereign  will. 

4  And  can  this  mighty  King 

Of  glory  condescend  ? 
And  will  lie  write  Ins  name, 

My  Father,  and  my  Friend  ? 
I  love  his  name,  I  love  his  word  ; 

Join  all  my  powers,     And  praise  the  Lord  ! 

HYMN     CLXX.        L.     M.  f  *  j 

God  Incomprehensible  and  8overeign% 
1  (/T^AN  creatures,  to  perfection  find 

^  Th1  eternal,  uncreated  Mm 
Or  can  the  largest  stretch  of  thought 
Measure  and  search  his  n  iture  out  C 
'2  ' Tis  high  as  heaven  !  'tis  de<.-p  as  hell  ! 
Ana  what  can  mortals  know,  or  tell  ? 
His  glory  spreads  beyond  the  sky, 
And  all  the  shining  worlds  on  brgh. 

3  But  man.  vain  man,  would  fain  be  wise, 
Born,  like  a  wild  young  rolt,  he  flies 
Through  ail  tl  j  of  hw  mind, 
And  smells  ai             Fsthe  empty  wine!.) 

4  God  is  inknown, 

.  his  throne  ; 
Jf  h  dare  op] 

Or  ask  him  why,  or  \-  js  I 

wounds  the  h  he  makes  wh< 

lie  calms  the  leul  ; 

Ik.  IL 


*9! 


HYMN    CLXX. 


Boox  II. 


When  he  6huts  up  in  long  despair, 
Who  can  remove  the  heavy  bar  ? 

6  He  frowns,  and  darkness  veils  the  moon, 
The  fainting  sun  grows  dim  at  noon  ; 
Tht  pillars  of  heaven's  starry  loof 
Tremble  and  start  at  his  reproof. 

7  He  gave  the  vaulted  heaven  its  form, 
The  crooked  serpent  and  the  worm  ; 
He  breaks  the  billows  with  his  breath, 
And  bmiles  the  sons  of  pride  to  death. 

8  These  are  a  portion  of  his  ways  ; 
But  who  shall  dare  descr.be  his  face  "? 
Who  can  endure  his  light  ?  or  btand 
To  hear  the  thunders  of  his  hand  ? 


EjYD  of  the  seco.vd  book. 


HYMNS 

AND 

SPIRITUAL     SONGS. 


book   m 

PREPARED  FOR  THE  HOLY  ORDINANCE  OF 
THE  LORD'S  SUPPER- 


HYMN     I        L.    M.  [  B  J 

Tli€  Lord**  Supper  Instituted.      1   Cor.  xi.  23,  &c 

1  Tip  WAS  on  that  dark,  that  doleful  night, 

*"■    When  powers  of  earth  and  hell  arose 
Against  the  Son  of  God's  delight, 
And  friends  betray'd  him  to  his;  foes  ; 

2  Before  the  mournful  scene  began, 

He  took  the  bread,  and  biess'd,  and  brake  ; 
What  love  through  all  his  actions  ran  ! 
What  wonderous  words  of  grace  he  spuke  ! 

3  "  This  is  my  body  broke  for  sin  ; 

"  Receive  and  eat  the  living  food  :" 
Then  took  the  cup,  and  biess'd  the  wine  ; 
"'Tis  the  new  covenant  in  my  blood. " 

4  (  For  us  iiis  flesh  with  nails  was  torn, 
lie  bore  the  scourge,  he  felt  the  thorn  ; 
And  justice  pour'd  upon  his  head 

Its  heavy  vengeance  in  our  stead.  ) 

5  (  For  us  his  vital  blood  was  spilt, 
To  buy  the  pardon  of  our  guilt ; 
When,  for  black  crimes  of  biggest  size, 
He  gave  his  soul  a  sacrifice.) 

6  "  Do  this"  lie  cried,  "  till  time  shall  end, 
"  In  memory  of  your  dying  Friend  ; 

"  Meet  at  my  table,  and  record 

"  The  love  of  your  departed  Lord." 

7  (  Jesus,  thy  feast  we  celebrate, 

We  show  thy  death,  we  sing  thy  nai 
Till  thou  return,  and  we  shall  eat 
The  marriage-supper  of  the  Lamb  \) 


^4  HYMN     II,     III.  Book  III. 


HYMN     II.       S.  M.  [   *  J 

Communion  with  Chris? and  with  Saint9<  1  Cor,  x.  16    17 

1  "[JESUS  invites  his  saints 

w   To  meet  around  his  board  ; 

Here  pardon'd  rebels  s;t  and  hold 

Communion  With  their  Lord. 

2  For  food  he  gives  his  flesh  ; 
lie  bids  us  drink  his  blood  : 

Amaz;ng  favour!   matchless  grace 
Of  our  descending  God  ! 

3  This  holy  bVead  and  wine 
Maintain  our  fainting  breath, 

By  union  with  our  living  Lord, 

And  interest  in  his  death.  * 

4  Our  heavenly  Father  calls 
Christ  and  his  members  one  ! 

"We,  the  young  children  of  his  love, 

And  he,  the  first-born  Son. 

We  are  but  several  parts 

Of  the  same  broken  bread  ; 
One  body  hath  its  several  limbs, 

But  Jesus  is  the  head. 
6       Let  ail  our  powers  be  join'd 

His  glorious  name  to  raise  ; 
Pleasure  and  love  fill  every  mind, 

And  every  voice  be  praise. 

HYMN     III.       C.  M.  [  %  J 

The  new  Covenant  Sealed. 
pill"  promise  of  my  Father's  love. 
-"■    Shall  Stand  forever  r^ood  ;" 

-----  >ul  to  death, 

And  seal*d  the  grace  with  blood. 
2  To  this  dear  covenant  of  thy  word 
I  set  my  worthless  name  ; 
I  seal  th' engagement  to  my  Lord, 
And  make  my  humble  claim. 

5  The  light,  and  strength,  and  pardoning  grace, 

mine  ; 
My  life  and  icrul,  my  heart  and  flesh, 
And  all  my  powers  are  thine. 
4  I  call  that  leg-icy  my  own, 
Which  Jesus  did  bequeath  ; 


Book  III.  HYMN     IV.  I9i 


'Twas  purchased  with  a  dying  groan, 

And  ratify *d  in  death. 
Sweet  is  the  memory  of  his  nan  it, 

Who  blessM  us  in  his  will., 
And  to  his  testament  of  love 

Made  his  own  life  the  seal. 


HYMN     IV.     C.  M.  [  %  ] 

Christ's  dying  Love;  or  our  Pardon  bought  at  a  dear  Price. 

1  jOOW  condescending  and  how  kind 
£&-  Was  God's  eternal  Son  ! 

Our  misery  reach'd  his  heavenly  mind, 
And  pity  brought  him  down. 

2  (  WThen  justice,  by  our  sins  provoked, 

Drew  iorth  its  oreadful  sword, 
He  gave  his  soul  up  to  the  stroke, 
Without  a  murmuring  word.  ) 

3  (  He  sunk  beneath  our  heavy  woes, 

To  raise  us  to  his  throne  t 
There's  ne'er  a  gift  his  hand  bestows, 
But  cost  his  heart  a  groan. ) 

4  This  was  compassion,  like  a  God, 

That  when  the  Saviour  knew 
t      The  price  of  pardon  was  his  blood, 
His  pity  ne'er  withdrew. 

5  Now,  though  he  reigns  exalted  high- 

His  love  is  still  as  great  : 
Well  he  remembers  Calvary  ; 

Nor  let  his  saints  forget. 
5   (  Here  we  behold  his  bowels  roll 

As  kind  as  when  he  died, 
And  see  the  sorrows  of  his  soul 

Bleed  through  his  wounded  side. 

7  Here   we  receive  repeated   seals 

Of  Jesus'  dying  love  : 
Hawl  is  the  wretch,  who  never  feels 
One  soft  affection  move.  ) 

8  Here  let  our  Hearts  begin  to  melt, 

While  we  his  death  record, 
And,  with  our  joy  for  pardon'd  guilt, 
Mourn  that  We  pierced  the  Lord. 
B.  III.  R2 


196 


HYMN     V,     VI 


Book   III. 


HYMN     V.       C.  M.  r 

C«nrsr  the  Bread  of  Life.     John  vi.  31, 

1  "TC"    ET  us  adore  th'  Eternal  Word, 
■^  'Tis  he  our  souls  hath  fed  : 
Thou  art  the  living  stream,  O  Lord, 

And  thou  tlr  immortal  bread. 

2  (  The  manna  came  from  lower  skies, 

But  Jesus  from  above  ; 
Where  the  fresh  springs  of  pleasure  rise, 
And  rivers  flow  with  love. 
.;  The  Jews,  the  fathers,  died  at  last, 
Who  ate  that  heavenly  bread ; 
But  these  provisions,  which  we  taste, 
Can  raise  us  from  the  dead.) 

4  Bless'd  be  the  Lord,  who  gives  his  flesh 

To  nourish  dying  men, 
And  often  spreads  his  table  fresh, 
Lest  we  should  faint  ag,ain. 

5  Our  souls  shall  draw  their  heavenly  breath, 

Whilst  Jesus  finds  supplies  ; 
Nor  shall  our  graces  sink  to  death, 
For  Jesus  never  dies. 

6  Daily  our  mortal  flesh  decays, 

But  Ciivist,  our  life,  shall  come  ; 
His  unres  sted  power  siiall  raise 
Our  bodies  from  the  tomb. 


*or  t>  J 

35,  39. 


HYMN     VI.       L.  M.  [  #  I 

The  Memorial  of  our  absent  Lord.     John  xvi,  16. 
Luke  xxu.  19,     John  xiv.  3. 

1  TTESUS  is  gone  above  the  skies, 

*!*   Where  bur  \v«  a!v  senses  reach  him  not  ; 
j\nd  carnal  obj^cis  court  our  eyes, 
To  thrust  our  Saviour  from  our  thought. 

2  He  knows  what  wandering  hearts  we  have', 
Apt  to  forget  his  lovely  face  ; 

And,  to  refresh  our  minds,  he  gave 
These  kind  memorials  of  his  grace. 

3  The  Lord  of  Life  this  table  spread 
Willi  his  own  A  sh  and  dying  blood  ; 
We  an  the  rich  provision  feed. 

And  taste  the  wine,  and  bless  the  God. 


Book  III.  HYMN    VII,     VIII.  197 


4  Let  sinful  sweets  be  all  forgot, 
And  earth  grow  less  in  our  esteem  ; 
Christ  and  his  love  fill  every  thought^ 
And  faith  and  hope  be  fix'd  on  hmi. 

5  Whilst  he  is  absent  from  our  sight, 
'Tis  to  prepare  our  souls  a  place, 
That  we  may  dwell  in  heavenly  lights 
And  live  forever  near  his  face. 

6  (  Our  eyes  look  upward  to  the  hills, 
Whence  our  returning  Lord  shall  come  : 
We  wait  thy  chariot's  awful  wheels, 

To  fetch  our  longing  spirits  home.) 


HYMN     VII.       L.  M.  [   fc  ] 

Crucifixion  to  the  World  by  the  Cross  of  Christ.  Gal.  vi  14< 
1.  OTHEN  I  survey  the  wonderous  cross, 
™  v     On  which  the  Prince  of  Glory  died, 

My  richest  gain  I  count  but  loss, 

And  pour  contempt  on  all  my  pride. 
%  Forbid  it.  Lord,  that  I  should  boast, 

Save  in  the  death  of  Christ,  my  God  : 

All  the  vain  things  which  charm  me  most, 

I  sacrifice  them  to  his  blood. 

3  See  from  his  head,  his  hands,  his  feet, 
Sorrow  and  love  flow  mingled  down  1 
Did  e'er  such  love  and  sorrow  meet  ? 
Or  thorns  compose  so  rich  a  crown  I 

4  (  His  dying  crimson,  like  a  robe, 
Spreads  o'er  his  body  on  the  tree  ; 
Then  am  I  dead  to  all  the  globe, 
A.id  all  the  globe  is  dead  to  me.) 

5  Were  the  whole  realm  of  nature  mine, 
That  were  a  present  fur  too  small  : 
Love  so  amuzing,  so  divine, 
Demands  my  soul,  my  life,  my  all! 

taauf  mm  i  i  ■  ■  ■     m  ■  ■  ■■  mhi  ■  i  jim  i»iwMrjim«<B» 

HYMN     VIII.       C.  M.  f  *  ) 

The  Tree  of  Life. 
\  pOME,  let  us  join  a  jovful  tune 
^  To  our  exalud  Lord, 
Ye  sa>:^s  on  high,  around  his  throne, 
And  we  around  his  board. 


">*  HYMN    IX.  iw  III 


3  While  once  upon  this  lower  ground, 
Weary  and  faint  ye  stood, 
Wnat  dear  refreshments  here  ye  found 
From  this  immortal  food  I 

3  The  tree  of  life,  which  near  the  throne 

In  heaven's  high  garden  grows, 
Laden  with  grace,  bends  gently  down 
Its  ever-smiling  boughs 

4  (  Hovering  among  the  I  aves,  there  stands 

The  sweet,  celestial  Dove  ; 
And  Jesus  on  the  branches  hangs 
The  banner  of  his  love.  ) 

5  v'Tis  a  young  heaven  of  strange  delight, 

While  in  his  shade  we  sit  ; 
His  fruit  is  pleasing  to  the  sight, 
And  to  the  taste  as  sweet. 

6  New  life  it  spreads  through  dying  hearts, 

And  cheers  the  drooping  mind  ; 
Vigour  and  joy  the  juice  imparts, 
Without  a  sting  behind    ) 

7  Now  let  the  flaming  weapon  stand, 

And  guard  all  Eden's  trees  ; 
There's  ne'er  a  plant  in  all  that  land, 
Which  bears  such  fruits  as  these. 

8  Infinite  grace  our  souls  cdore, 

Whose  wonderous  hand  has  made 
This  living  branch  of  sovereign  power, 
To  raise  and  heal  the  dead 


HYMN     IX.       S.   M,  [  *  ) 

The  Sfiirit,  the  Water,  and  the  Blood.      1  John  v.  6. 

LET  all  our  tongues  be  one, 
To  praise  our  God  on  high, 
Who  from  his  bosom  sent  his  Son, 

To  fetch  us.  strangers,  nigh. 

Nor  let  our  voices  cease 

To  sing  the  Saviour's  name  ; 
Jesus,  th'  ambassador  of  peace, 

I  low  cheerfully  he  came  ! 

It  cost  him  cri  s  and  t 

To  bring  us  near  to  G 
G  our  debt,  and  he  appe 

To  make  the  payment  good. 


Book  II r.  HYMN     X.  199 

4  (  My  Saviour's  pierced  side 
Pour'd  out  a  double  flood  ; 

By  water  we  are  punfy'd, 
And  pardoned  by  the  blood. 

5  Infinite  was  our  guilt. 

But  he,  our  Priest,  atones  ; 
On  the  cold  ground  his  life  was  spilt, 
And  offerVI  w.th  his  groans.) 

6  Look  up,  my  soul,  to  him 
Whose  d:ath  was  thy  desert, 

And  humbly  view  the  living  stream 
Flow  from  Ins  breaking  heart. 

7  There,  on  the  cursed  tree, 
In  dying-  pangs  he  lies, 

Fulfils  his  Father's  great  decree, 
And  all  our  wants  supplies. 

8  Thus  the  Redeemer  came, 
By  water,  and  by  blood  ; 

And  when  the  Spirit  speaks  the  same 
We  feel  his  witness  good. 

9  While  the  Eternal  Three 
Bear  their  record  above, 

Here  I  believe  he  died  for  me, 
And  seal  my  Saviour's  love. 

10  (  Lord,  cleanse  my  soul  fiom  sin, 
Nor  let  thy  grace  depart  ; 

Great  Comforter,  abide  within, 
And    witess  to  my   heart.  ) 


HYMN     X.       L.  M.  [  #] 

Christ'  Crucijiedy  the  Wisdom  and  Power  of  God. 

k  "JM"ATUttE  with  open  volume  stands, 
•*•  ^   To  spread  her  Maker's  praise  abroad  j 
And  every  labour  of  his  hands 
Shows  something  worthy  of  a  God, 

2  But  in  the  grace, which  rescued  man, 
His  brightest  form  of  glory  shines  ; 
Here,  on  the  cross,  'tis  fairest  drawn 
In  precious  blood,  and  crimson  lines. 

3  (  Here  his  whole  name  appears  complete  ; 
Nor  wit  can  guess,  nor  reason  prove, 
Which  of  the  letters  best  is  writ, 
The  power,  the  wisdom,  or  the  love.) 


200  HYMN     XT.  Book  II 


Here  I  behold  his  inmost  heart, 
Where  grace  and  vengeance  strangely  join  ; 
Piercing  his  Son  with  sharpest  smart, 
To  make  the  p'trchased  pleasures  mine. 
Oh,  the  sweet  wonders  of  that  cross, 
Where  God,  the  Saviour,  loved  and  died  ! 
Her  noblest  life  my  spirit  draws 
From  his  dear  wounds  and  bleeding  side. 
I  would  forever  speak  hi  i  name, 
In  sounds  to  mortal  ears  unknown, 
W'th  angels  join  to  praise  the  Lamb, 
And  worship  at  his  Father's  throne. 


HYMN     XI.       C,  M."  ( 

Pardon  brought  to  our  Senses. 
\  "T   ORD,  how  divine  thy  comforts  are, 
-^   How  heavenly  is  the  place, 
Where  Jesus  spreads  the  sacred  feast 
Of  his  redeeming  grace  \ 

2  There  the  rich  bounties  of  our  God, 

And  sweetest  glories  shine  ; 

There  Jesus  says,  that  '-I  am  his, 

"  And  my  Beloved's  mine.** 

3  "  Here,"  saj  s  the  kind  redeeming  Lord., 

AjkI  shows  his  wounded  side, 
"  See  here  the  spring  ot  all  your  joys, 
"  Which  open'd  when  I  died  !" 

4  (He  smiles,  and  cheers  my  mournful  heart, 

And  tells  of  all  his  pain  : 
«  All  this,"  he  says.  tkl  bore  for  thee," 
And  then  he  smiles  again.) 

5  What  shall  we  pay  our  heavenly  King 

For  grace  so  vast  as  this  * 
He  brings  our  pardon  to  our  eyes, 
And  seals  it  with  a  kiss. 

6  tLet  such  amazing  loves  as  these 

Be  sounded  all  ubroid  ; 
Sucli  favours  are  beyond  degrees, 
And  worthy  of  a  God.) 

7  (To  Him,  who  wasn'd  us  in  his  blood* 

Be  everlasting  praise  ; 
Salvation,  honour,  glory,  power, 
Eternal  as  his  days. 


ook  HI.  HYMN     XII,    XIII.  SO; 


HYMN     XII.      L    M.  (  *  ) 

The  Gospel  Feast.    Luke  xiv.  16,  8cc. 

(OOW  rich  are  thy  provisions,  Lord  ! 

J*^   Thy  table  furnish'd  from  alovt  ! 

The  fruits  of  life  o'erspread  the  board, 

Tne  cup  o'ei'flows  with  neavenly  love. 

Thine  ancient  family,  the  Jews, 
i  Were  first  invited  to  the  feast  : 
i  We  humbly  take  what  they  refuse, 

And  Gentiles  thy  salvation  taste. 
I  We  are  the  poor,  the  blind,  the  lame, 
j  And  help  was  far,  and  death  was  nigh  1 
I   But  at  the  gospel  call,  we  came, 

And  every  want  received  supply, 
i  From  the  high  way,  which  leads  to  hell, 

From  paths  of  darsness  and  despair, 

Lord,  we  are  com.  \vith  thee  to  dwell, 

Glad  to  enjoy  thy  presence  here.) 
;  What  shall  we  p^y  th'  eternal  Son, 
/Who  left  tue  heaven  of  bis  abode, 

And  to  this  wretched  earth  ca    e  down, 

To  bring  us,  wanderers,  back  to  God  ; 
3  It  cost  him  death  to  save  our  lives  ; 

To  buy  our  souls,  it  cost  his  own  ; 

And  all  the  unknown  j  ys  he  gives, 

Were  bought  with  agonies  unknown. 
f  Our  everlasting  love  is  due 

To  him,  who  ransom'd  sinners  lost  ; 

And  pity'd  rebels,  when  he  knew 

The  vast  expense  Ins  love  would  cost. 

hyIvTn    km.      C.  M.  (  *  ) 

Divine  Love  making  a  Ft-ast,  and  calling  in  the  Guests. 
Luke  xiv.  17,  22,  23. 
I    jHTOW  sweet  and  awful  is  the  place 
U~X-    With  Christ  within  the  doors. 
While  everlasting  love  displays 
The  choicest  of  her  stores  1 
v  Here  every  bowel  of  our  God 
With  soft  compassion  rolls  ; 
Here  p  ace  and  pardon,  bought  with  blootf, 
Is  food  for  dying  souls. 


£02 HYMN     XIV. Book  III. 

3  While  all  our  hearts,  and  all  our  songs. 

Join  to  admire  the  least, 
Each  of  us  cry,  with  thankful  tongues, 
"  Lord,  why  was.  I  a  guest  ? 

4  «  Why  was  I  made  to  hear  thy  voice, 

u  And  enter  while  there's  room  ; 
"  When  thousands  make  a  wretched  choice, 
"  And  rather  starve  than  come  I* 

5  'Twas  the  same  love,  which  spread  the  feast, 

That  sweetly  forced  us  in  ; 
Else  we  had  still  refused  to  taste, 
And  perish'd  in  our  sin. 

6  (Pity  the  nations,  O  our  God, 

Constrain  the  earth  to  come  ; 
Send  thy  victorious  word  abroad, 
And  bring  the  strangers  home. 

7  We  long  to  see  thy  churches  full, 

That  ail  the  chosen  race 
May  with  one  voice,  and  heart,  and  soul, 
Sing  thy  redeeming  grace.) 


HYMN     XIV.       L.  M.  f  *  ] 

The  Song  of  Simeon  :  Luke  n    28.     or,  a  Sigh;  of  Chr is', 
makes  Dta'h  easy. 

1  IXJOW  have  our  hearts  embraced  our  God, 
-*-^    We  would  forget  all  earthly  charms, 
And  wish  to  die,  as  Simeon  would, 
With  his  young  Saviour  in  his  arms. 

2  Our  lips  should  learn  that  joyful  song, 
Were  but  our  hearts  prepared  like  his  ; 
"  Our  souls  still  willing  to  be  gone, 
"  And  at  thy  worn"  depart  m  peace. 

3  *■  Mere  we  have  seen  thy  face  ()  Lord, 

\.ud  view'd  salvation  with  our  eycSj 

«  Tasted  unci  felt  the  living  word, 

"The  bread  descending  from  tht  s'. 
&  u  Thou  host  prepared  this  dying  Lamb, 

"  Hast  set  his  blood  before  our  f 

"To  teach  the  terrours  of  thy  nunc, 

"  And  show  the  wonders  of  thy  grace. 
5  "  ll'j  is  our  light,  our  morning  star 

"  Shall  shine  on  nations  yei  unknown  ; 

**Thi   glory  of  thine  Israel  here, 

*  Ai  ar  thy  thi 


Book  III.  HYMN     XV,     XVI.  203 


HYMN     XV.      CM. 

Our  Lord  Jesus  at  his  own  Table. 

THE  memory  of  our  dying  Lord 
Awakes  a  thankful  tongue  : 
liow  rich  he  spreads  his  royal  board, 
And  bless'd  the  food,  and  sung  I 

2  Happy  the  men,  who  eat  this  bread, 
But  doubly  bless'd  was  he, 

Who  gently  bow'd  his  loving  head, 
And  lean'd  it,  Lord,  on  thee. 

3  By  faith  the  same  delights  we  taste, 
As  that  great  Favorite  did, 

And  sit  and  lean  on  Jesus'  breast, 

And  take  the  heavenly  bread. 
Down  irom  the  palace  of  the  skies, 

Hither  the  King  descends  ; 
"  Come  my  beloved  eat,"  he  cries, 

"  And  drink  salvation,  friends. 
"  My  flesh  is  food  and  physic  too, 

"  A  balm  for  all  your  puns  : 
"  And  the  red  streams  of  pardon  flow 

"  From  t!  ese,  my  p  erctd  veins.'* 
Iiosanna  to  his  bounteous  love, 

For  such  a  feast  below  ! 
And  yet  he  feeds  his  saints  above 

With  nobler  blessings  too. 
(  Come,  the  dear  day,  the  glorious  hour, 

Winch  brings  cur  souls  to  jpst  ; 
Then  we  shall  need  these  typR  no  more, 

But  dwell  at  th'  heavenly  least.) 


HYMN     XVI.       C.  M.  [  %  ] 

The  Jgoniea  of  CiiRixf. 

NOW  let  our  pains  be  all  forgot, 
Our  hearts  no  more  repine  ; 
Our  sufferings  are  not  worth  a  thought, 
Lord,  when  compared  with  thine. 
!  In  liveiy  figures  here  we  see 
The  bleeding  Prince  of  love  ; 
Each  of  us  hopes  he  died  for  me, 
And  then  our  griefs  remove. 
;   (Our  fumble  faith  here  takes  her  rise, 
While  sitting  round  his  board, 
And  back  to  Calvary  she  flies, 
To  view  her  groaning  Lord. 
13.  III.  S 


HYMN    XVII.  Boor  III 


4  His  soul)  what  agonies  it  felt 

When  his  own  God  withdrew  ; 
And  the  large  load  of  all  our  guilt 
1   iv  heavy  on  him  too. 

5  But  the  divinity  within 

hi.pported  him  to  bear  : 
Dying,  he  conquer'd  bell  and  sin  : 
And  made  his  triumph  there.) 

6  Grace,  wisdom,  justice,  join'd  and  wrought 

The  wonders  of  that  day  ; 
No  mortal  tongue,  nor  mortal  thought, 
Can  equal  thanks  repay. 

7  Our  hymns  should  sound  like  those  above, 

Could  we  our  voices  raise  ; 
Yet,  Lord,  our  hearts  shall  all  be  love, 
And  all  our  lives  be  praise. 


HYMN     XVII.      S.  M.  r  *  J 

'  irabte  Food;  or,  the  Fle&h  and  Blood  o/CbrisA 

WE  sing  th'  amazing  deeds. 
Which,  grace  divine  performs; 
Th'  eternal  God  comes  down  and  bleeds, 

To  nourish  dying  worms. 

This  soul-reviving  wine, 

Dear  Saviour,  'tis  thy  blood  ! 
We  thank  that  sacred  flesh  of  thine 

Tor  this  immortal  food. 
I       r'  he  banquet  which  we  eat 

Is  made  of  heavenly  things  ; 
Earth  hath  no  dainties  half  so  sweet 

As  our  Redeemer  brings. 

In  vam  had   Adam  sought, 

And  search'd  his  garden  round, 
Tor  there  was  no  such  blessed  fruit 

In  all  that  happy  ground. 

Th'  ingelic  host  above 

Can  never  taste  this  food  ; 
They  feast  upon  their  Maker'*  love, 

But  not  a  Saviour's  b'.ood. 

On  us  th1  Almighty  Lord 

Bestows  th::,  matchless  grace, 
And  meets  us  w  th  some  c leering  word, 

With  pleasure  in  his  i 

(    me,  all  yt  dr< 

B  i 


Book  IIT.  HYMN     XVIII,     XIX.  2<n 

ThTs  wine  will  urowu  your  sad  compia  nts, 

And  tunc  your  voice  to  sing. 
3        Salvation  to  tae  name 

Of  our  adored  Christ: 
Through  the  wide  earth  his  grace  proclaim 

His  glory   in  the  highest. 

HYMN     XVIII.      L.  Mv  [  *  J, 

The  Same. 

JESUS,  we  bow  before  thy  feet ! 
Thy  table  is  divinely  stored  ; 
Thy  sacred  flesh  our  souls  have  eat, 
'Tisrhvmg  bread— we  thank  thee.  Lord! 

2  And  here  we  drink  our  Saviour's  blood  ; 
We  thank  the*,  Lord  i— 'tis  generous  wine, 
Mingled  with  love— 'lie  fountain  flow'd 
From  that  dear,  bleeding  heart  of  thine'. 

3  On  earth  is  no  such  sweetness  found, 
For  the  Lamb's  flesh  is  heavenly  food  ; 
In  vain  we  search  the  globe  around 
For  bread  so  fine,  or  wine  so  good. 

4  Carnal  provisions   can  at  best 

But  cheer  the  hvrt,  or  warm  the  head; 
But  the  rich  cordial,  which  we  taste, 
Gives  life  eternal  to  the  dead. 

5  Joy  to  the  Master  of  the  feast ; 
His  name  our  souls  forever  bless  ! 

To  God,  the  King,  and  God,  the  Priest, 
Aloud  hosanna  round  the  place  . 

"hymn    XIX.      17  M.  (  *  ) 

Glory  in  the   Cross  ;  or,  not  Ashamed  of  Christ   Cruiified. 

1  A  T  thy  command,  our  dearest  Lord, 
-^-  Here  we  attend  thy  dying  feast  : 
Thy  blood,  like  wine,  adorns  thy  board, 
And  thine  own  flesh  feeds  every  guest. 

2  Our  faith  adores  thy  bleeding  love. 
And  trusts  for  life  in  one  who  died  : 
We  hope  for  heavenly  crowns  above 
From  a  Redeemer  crucified. 

3  Let  the  vain  world  pronounce  it  shame3 
And  fling  their  scandals  on  thy  cause  ; 
We  come  to  boast  our  Saviour's  name, 
And  make  our  triumphs  in  his  cross. 

4  With  joy  we  tell  the  scoffing  age, 
He,  who  was  dead,  has  left  his  tomb  ; 


sos 


HYMN     XX,     XXI.  Book  TIT 


He  lives  above  their  utmost  rage, 
And  we  are  waiting  till  he  come. 


»       •  HYMN     X*-       C.   M.  /  %  y 

Provision*  of  the  Table  of  our  Lord;  or,  Tree  of  Life,  \nd 

1   TL°*RI?'  We  adore  th>*  bounteous  hand, 
-^  And  sing  the  solemn  feast, 
Where  sweet,  celestial  dainties   stand 
For  every  willing  guest. 

2  (  The  tree  of  life  adorns  the  board 

With  rich,  immortal  fruit, 
And  ne'er  an  angry,  flaming  sword 
To  guard   the  passage  to't. 

3  The  cup  stands  crown'd  with  living  juice 

The  fountain  flows  above,  * 

And  runs  clown  streaming,  for  cur  u*e 
In  rivulets  of  love.  ) 

4  The  food's  prepared  by  heavenly  art  j 

The  pleasure's  well  refined  ; 
They  spread  new  life  through  every  heart 
And  cheer  the  drooping  mind. 

5  Shout  and  proclaim  the   Saviour's  love, 

Ye  saints,  who  taste  his  wine  ; 
^    Join  with  your  kindred  saints  above, 
In  loud  hosannas  join. 

6  A  thousand  glories  to  the  Clod, 

Who  gives  such  joy  as  this  I 
Hosanna  !  let  is  sound  abroad, 
And  reach  where  Jesus  is. 

HYMiT~XXI.      C.  $f.  (  *  ) 

V7J^lt*ya;tfor  Chrht'8  Victcry  m'cr  *i  ^  &  mi 

(C     •  us  '    our  Voicea  h,£h) 

^  High  "as  our  joys  arise  ; 

And  join  the  songs  above  the  sky, 

Where  pleasure  never  dies. 

2  Jesus,  the  God,  who  fought  and  bled, 

And  conquer'd  when  he  fell ; 
Who  rose,  and  at  his  chariot  wheels 
Dragg'd  all  the  powers  of  hell  : 

3  Jesus,  the  God,  invites  us  here, 

To  this  triumphal  least, 
And  brings  immortal  blessings  down 
^  For  each  redeemed  guest.) 
4.  The  Lord  I  how  glorious  iris  face  ! 


Book  III.  HYMN     XXII.  20? 


How  kind  his  smiles  appear  ! 
And  O,  what  melting  words  he  says 
To  every  humble  ear  ! 

5  "  For  you,  the  children  of  my  love, 

"  It  was  for  you  1  died  : 
"  Behold  my  hands,  behold  my  feet, 
M  And  look  into  my  side  ! 

6  "  These  are  the  wounds  for  you  I  bore, 

"  The  tokens  of  my  pains, 
"  When  I  came  down  to  free  your -souls 
"  From  misery  and  chains. 

7  ("  Justice  unsheathed  its  fiery  sword, 

u  And  plunged  it  in  my  heart ; 
"  Infinite  pangs  for  you  I  bore, 

"  And  most  cormenting  smart. 
S  "  When  hell,  and  all  its  spiteful  powers, 

'•  Stooci  dreadful  in  my  way, 
"  To  rescue  those  dear  lives  of  yours, 

"  I  gave  my  own  away, 

9  "  But  while  I  bled,  and  groan'd,  and  died, 

"  I  ruin'd  Satan's  throne  ; 
«  High  on  my  cross  I  hung,  and  spied 
"  The  monster  tumbling  down. 

10  "  Now  you  must  triumph  at  my  feast, 

"  And  taste  my  flesh,  my  blood  ; 
«  And  live  eternal  ages  bless'd, 
"  For  'tis  immortal  food." 

11  Victorious  God  !  what  can  we  pay 

For  favours  so  divine  ? 
We  would  devote  our  hearts  ..way, 
To  be  forever  thine.) 

12  We  give  thee,  Lord,  our  highest  praisey 

The  tribute  of  our  tongues  ; 
But  themes  so  infinite  as  these 
Exceed  our  noblest  songs. 


HYMN     XXII.       L.  M.  (   X 

The  Compassion  of  a  Hying  Ciiris-i\ 

OUR  spirits  join  t'  adore  the  Lamb  : 
O,  that  our  feeble  lips  could  move 
In  strains  immortal,  as  his  name. 
And  melting,  as  his    dying  love  ! 
Was  ever  equal  pity  found  ? 
The  Prince  of  Heaven  resigns  his  breath, 
And  pours  his  life  out  on  the  ground, 
To  ransom  guilty  worms  fVom  death  I 
>.  Ill,  S  2 


*£ HYMN"  3  XXIV,  Book  II 

3  (  Rebels  I  we  broke  our  Maker's  laws  ;  ~ 
lie  from  the  threatenings  set  us  iree, 
Bore  the  full  vengeance  on  his  cross, 
And  nail'd  the  curses  to  the  tree.) 

4  f  The  law  proclaims  no  tcrrour  now, 
And  Sinai's  thunder  roars  no  more  : 
From  all  his  wounds  new  blessings  flow, 
A  sea  of  joy  without  a  shore. 

5  Here  we  have  wash'd  our  deepest  stains, 
And  heal'd  our  wounds  with  heavenly  bloody 
Bless'd  lountain  '.  springing  from  the  veins 
Of  Jesus,  our  incarnate  God. J 

6  In  vain  our  mortal  voices  strive 
To  speak  compassion  so  divine  ; 
Had  we  a  thousand  lives  to  give, 

A  thousand  lives  should  all  be  thine  J 

HYMN    XXUTT^gTM.  (  %  > 

Grace  and  Glory  by  (he  Death  of  Christ. 
I  (CUTTING  around  our  Father's  board, 
^  We  raise  our  tuneful  breath  ; 
Our  Faith  beholds  our  dying  Lord, 
And  dooms  our  sins  to  death.) 
9  We  see  the  blood  of  Jesus  shed, 
Whence  all  our  pardons  rise  ; 
The  sinner  views  th'  atonement  made, 
And  loves  the  sacrifice. 

3  Thy  cruel  thorns,  thy  shameful  cross, 

Procure  us  heavenly  crowns  : 
Our  highest  gain  springs  from  thy  loss  j? 
Our  healing,  from  thy  wounds. 

4  Oh,  'tis  impossible  that  we, 

Who  dwell  in  feeble  clay, 
Should  equal  sufferings  bear  for  thee, 
Or  equal  thanks  repay. 

HYMN ""  XXlV.       C.  M."  (  gg  J 

Pardon  and  S  rengthfrom  Christ'. 
\   TT^ATHEU,  we  wait  to  feel  thy  grace, 
***-     To  see  thy  glories  shine  ; 
The  Lord  will  his  own  table  bless, 
And  make  the  feast  divine. 
2  We  touch',  wc  taste  the  heavenly  bread  I    ' 
We  drink  the  sacred  cum  J 
With  outward  forms  our  sense  is  kd, 
Our  sOuis  rejoice  in  hope  ! 


Book  III.  HYMN     XXV,     XXVT.  209 


3  We  shall  appear  b.-forc  the  throne 

Of  our  forgiving  God, 
Dress'd  in  the  garments  of  his  Son, 
And  sprinkled  with  his  blood. 

4  We  shall  be  strong  to  run  the  race, 

And  climb  the  upper  sky  ; 
Christ  will  provide  our  souls  with  grace, 
He  bought  a  large  supply. 

5  Let  us  indulge  a  cheeriiii  frame, 

For  joy  becomes  a  feast ; 
We  love  i he  memory  of  his  name- 
More  than  the  wine  we  taste. 


HYMN     XXV.       CM.  [  %  } 

Divine  Glories  and  Graces. 
i  "LTOW  are  thy  glories  here  display 'd  ; 
**■-*"  Great  God.  how  bright  they  shine  ; 
While  at  thy  word  we  break  the  bread, 
And  pour  the  flowing  wine  ! 

2  Here  thy  revenging  justice  stands, 

And  pleads  its  dreadful  cause  ; 
Here  saving  mercy  spreads  her  hands, 
Like  Jesus  on  the  cross. 

3  Thy  saints  attend  with  every  grace, 

On  this  great  sacrifice  ; 
And  love  appears  with  cheerful  face. 
And  faith  with  fixed  eyes. 

4  Our  hope  in  waiting  posture  sits, 

To  heaven  directs  her  sight; 
Here  every  warmer  passion  meets, 
And  waimer  powers  unite. 

5  Zeal  and  revenge  perform  their  part, 

And  rising  sin  destroy  ; 
Repentance  comes  with  aching  heart, 
*  Yet  not  forbids  the  joy 

6  Dear  Saviour,  change  our  faith   to  sight; 

Let  s:n  forever  die  ; 
Then  shall  our  souls  be  all  delight, 
And  every  tear  be  dry, 

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DOXOLOGIES. 

HYMN     XXVI.       1st  L.   M.  f  *  ) 

A  Song  cf  Praise  to  the  e-jer-b!essed   Trinity,    Gob  the 

Father,  Son  and  Spirit. 
1    OLESS'D  be  the  i'atner  and  his  love, 
-^>  To  whose  celestial  source  we  owe 


3'0  __DOXOI.OGTES.  ~     Book  HI. 

Rivers  of  endless  joys  above,  ' 

And  nils  of  comfort  here  below, 

2  Glory  to  thee,  great  Son  ofGtxl ! 
From  whose  dear  wounded  body 'rolls 
A  precious  stream  of  vital  blood, 
Pardon  and  life  for  dying  souls 

3  We  give  thee,  sacred  Spirit,  praise, 
W  ho  in  our  hearts  of  sin  and  wo 
Makest  living  springs  of  grace  arise, 
And  into  boundless  glory  flow. 

4  Thus  God,  the  Father,  God,  the  Son. 
And  God,  the  Spirit,  we  adore  ; 
That  sea  of  life  and  love  unknown, 
Without  a  bottom  or  a  shore. 

HYMN     XXv7T~stC    M  r^i 

^   Who  from  our  sinful  race 
Chose  out  his  favourites',  to  proclaim 
Ihe  honours  of  his  grace. 

2  Glory  to  God,  the  Son,  be'paid, 

Who  dwelt  in  humble  clay. 
And,  to  redeem  us  from  the  dead,  ' 
Gave  his  own  life  away. 

3  Glory  to  God,  the  Spirit,  give, 

From  whose  almighty  power 
Our  souls  their  heavenly  birth  derive, 
And  bless  the  happy  hour. 
i  Glory  to  God,  who  reigns  above* 
TV  eternal  Three  in  One, 
Who  by  the  wonders  of  his  love 
Has  made  his  nature  known. 

HYMN     XXVOlT"  1st  S.  M.  I  *  1 

I        JET  God,  the  Father,  live  L  *  J 

JL-a  Forever  on  our  tongues  : 
Sinners  from  his  first  love  derive 
The  ground  of  all  their  songs. 
\       Ye  saints,  employ  your  breath 
In  honour  to  the  Son, 
Who  bought  your  souls  from  hell  and  death, 
By  offtrmg  up  his  own. 
Give  to  the  Spirit  praise 
Of  an  immortal  strain, 
Whose  light,  and  power,  and  grace  conveys 
balfati«n  down  to  men. 


Book  If L  DOXOLOGIES.  211 

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Ar       W  hile  God,  the  Comforter, 
Reveals  our  pardon'd  sin, 
O,  may  the  blood  and  water  bear 
The  same  record  within  ! 
5       To  the  great  Que  in  Three, 

Who  seals  this  grace  in  heaven, 
The  Father,  Son,  and  Spirit,  be 
Eternal  giory  given. 


HYMN     XXIX.       2d  L.  M.  [  *  \ 

pLORY  to  God,  the  Trinity, 
Whose  name  has  mysteries  unknown  ; 
In  essence  One,  in  person  Three  ; 
A  social  nature,  yet  alone. 
2  When  all  our  noblest  powers  are  join'd 
The  honours  of  thy  name  to  raise, 
Thy  glories  over-match  our  mind, 
And  angels  faint  beneath  the  praise. 

HYMN     XXX:   :2d  C.  M.  (  *  ) 

1  rT",HE  God  of  mercy  be  adored. 

A     Who  calls  our  souls  from  death, 
Who  saves  by  his   redeeming  word 
And  new-creatmg  breath/ 

2  To  praise  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 

And  Spirit,  all  divine — 
The  One  in  Three,  and  Three  m  One, 
Let  saints  and  angels  join. 

HYMN     XXxT^ld  S.  M.  (  &  ) 

1  T    ET  God,  the  Maker's  name 
*-*  Have  honour,  love,  and  fear, 

To  God,  the  Saviour,  pay  the  same, 
And  God,  the  Comforter. 

2  Father  of  lights  above, 
Thy  mercy  we  adore, 

The  Son  of  thine  eternal  love, 
And  Spirit  of  thy  power. 

HYMN     XXXII.     3d  L.  M.  (  g  j 

P]pO  God,  the  Father,  God,  the  Son, 
-"-    And  God  the  Spirit,  Three  in  One, 
Be  honour,  praise,  and  glory  given, 
By  all  on  earth,  and  ail  in  heaven. 


212  DOXOLOGIES.  Book  III 


HYMN     XXXIII.         or  thus.  [  *  ] 

A  LL  glory  to  thy  vvonderous  name, 
■"   Father  of  mercy,  God  of  love  : 
Thus  we  exalt  the  Lord,  the  Lamb, 
And  thus  we  praise  the  heavenly  Dove. 

HYMN     XXXIV.     3d  C.    M.  (  *  ) 

MOW  let  the  Father  and  the  Son, 
-*-^    And  Spirit,  be  adored,  v 
Where  there  are  works  to  make  him  known, 
Or  saints  to  love  the  Lord. 

HYMN     XXXV.         or  thus.  (  %  ) 

HONOUR  to  the  Almighty  Three, 
And  everlasting  One  ; 
All  glory  to  the  Father  bte, 
*~The  Spirit,  and  the  Son. 

HYMN     XXXVi.     3d  S.     M.  (  %  ) 

"^"E  angels  round  the  throne, 
-*-     And  saints,  who  dwell  below, 
Worship  the  Father,  love  the  Son, 
And  bl^ss  the  Spirit  too. 

HYMN    XXXVIL         or  thus,  (  X  ) 

(TV  I VE  to  the  Father  praise, 
^"*»    Give  glory  to  the  Son  : 
And  to  the  Spirit  of  his  grace 
Be  equal  honour  done. 

HYMN     XXXVIII.         H.     M.         (  «  j 

A  Song  of  Praise  to, the  Blessed  Trinity. 

I  GIVE  immortal  praise 
To  God,  the  Father's  love, 
For  all  my  comforts  here, 

And  better  hopes  above. 
He  sent  his  own         Eternal  Son, 
To  d:e  for  sins,         Which  man  had  done. 
To  God,  the  Son  belongs 

Immortal  glory  too  ; 
Who  bought  us  with  his  blood 

From  everlasting  woe  ; 
And  now  he  lives,         And  now  he  reigns, 
And  sees  the  fruit         Of  all  his  pains. 
To  God,  the  Spirit's  name 

Immortal  worship  give, 


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—————  ■  '    ^-1—1 ■  ■  «n— — >— b, 

Yv  liosc  I'icw  creating  power 

Makes  the  dead  sinner  live  : 
His  work  completes         The  great  design, 
And  fills  inc  soul         With  joy  <livine. 
4  Almighty  God  !  to  thee 

Be  endless  honours  done 
The  undivided  Three, 

And  the  mysterious  One  ; 
Where  reason  fails,         With  all  her  powefSj 
There  faitn  prevails,         And  love  adores. 

HYMN     XXXlX      2d  H.     M.        (  &  ) 

1  rT~,0  him,  who  chose  us  first, 

X     Before  the  world  began  ; 
To  him,  who  bore  the  curse, 

To  save  rebellious  man  ; 
To  him,  who  forrn'd         Our  hearts  anew. 
Is  endless  praise      .  And  glory  due. 

2  The  Father's  love  shall  run 

Through  our  immortal  songs  ; 
W^e  bring  to  God,  the  Son, 

Hosanna  on  our  tongues  : 
Our  lips  address         The  Spirit's  name 
With  equal  praise,         And  zeal  the  same. 

3  Let  every  saint  above, 

And  angels  round  the  throne, 
Forever  bless  and  love 

The  sacred  Three  in  One  : 
Thus  heaven  shall  raise         His  honours  high, 
When  earth  and  time         Grow  old  and  die. 

HYMN     XL.         H.     M.  (  &  ) 

TO  God,  the  Father's  throne 
Perpetual  honours  raise  ; 
Glory  to  God,  the  Son, 

To  God,  the  Spirit,  praise  : 
And  while  our  lips         Their  tribute  bring, 
Our  faith  adores "       The  name  we  sing, 

HYMN     XLI.     3d  on  thus.  (  *  ■■) 

TO  our  eternal  God, 
The  Father  and  the  Son, 
And  Spirit  ail  divine, 

Three  mysteries  in  one  ; 
Salvation,  power,         And  praise  be  given, 
Bv  all  en  earth,         And  all  in  heaven, 


X  ) 


THE     HOSAWJVA. 
OR,  SALVATION  ASCRIBED  TO  CHRIST. 

HYMN     XLU.  *    X.     M.  t  *  1 

1   TJOSANNA  to  King  David's  Son,  C        ' 

*  x   Who  reigns  on  a  superior  throne  : 
We  bless  the  Prince  of  heavenly  birth, 
Who  brings  salvation  down  to  earth. 
2  Let  every  nation,  every  age, 
In  this  delightful  work  engage  ; 
Old  men  and  babes  in  Sion  sing 
The  growing  glories  of  her  King. 

HYMN     XLIII.         C.     M 

1  TJOSANNA  to  the  Prince  of  grace, 

Sion,  behold  thy  King  ; 

Proclaim  the  Sou  of  David's  race, 

And  teach  the  babes  to  sing. 

2  Hosanna  to  th'  incarnate  word, 
Who  from  the  Father  came  ; 
Ascribe  salvation  to  the  Lord, 
With  biessings  on  his  name. 

HYMN     XLIV.  s.     M  (  *  \ 

HOSANNA  to  the  Son  l  *  ' 

Of  David  afcdofGod, 
Wiio  brought  the  news  of  pardon  down, 
And  bought  it  with  his  blood. 
S  To  Christ,  th*  annointed  King, 
Be  endless  blessings  given  ; 
Let  the  whole  earth  hij  glory  sin^, 
Who  made  our  peace  with  heaven. 

HYMN     XLV\~~  H.     M.  f  »  * 

HOSANNA  to  the  King  *        ' 

Of  David's  ancient  blood, 
Behold,  he  comes  to  bring 

Forgiving  grace  from  God  : 
Let  old  and  young         Attend  his  way, 
And  at  his  feet         Their  honours  lav. 
2  Glory  to  God  on  high, 
Salvation  to  the  Lamb   ! 
Let  earth,  and  sea,  and  sky 

His  wonderous  love  proclaim. 
Upon  his  head         Shall  honours  rest, 
Ana  every  age         Pronounce  him  blest. 

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OCCASIONAL  HYMNS. 

BOOK  IV. 

HYMN     I.        L.  M.  (  %  )  ' 

A  Thanksgiving  Hymn. 

1  A  LMIGHTY  Sovereign  of  the  skies, 
■**■  To  thee  let  songs  of  gladness  rise, 

Each  grateful  heart  its  tribute  bring, 
And  every  voice  thy  goodness  sing. 

2  From  thee  our  choicest  blessings  flow, 
Life,  health,  and  strength  thy  hands  bestow  ; 
The  daily  good  thy  creatures  share. 
Springs  from  thy  providential  care. 

3  The  rich  profusion  nature  yields, 
The  harvests  waviug.o'er  the  fields, 
The  cheering  light,  refreshing  shower^ 
Are  gifts  from  thy  exhaustless  store. 

4  At  thy  command,  the  vernal  bloom 
Revives  the  world  from  winter's  gloom, 
The  summer's  heat  the  fruit  matures, 
And  autumn  all  her  treasures  pours. 

5  From  thee  proceed  domestic  ties, 
Connubial  bliss,  paternal  joys  ; 
On  thy  support  the  nations  stand, 
Obedient  to  thy  high  command. 

6  But  how  shall  frail,  imperfect  man, 
Whose  being  reaches  but  a  span, 
Attempt  in  earth-born  strains  to  prove 
The  wonders  of  redeeming  love  I 

7  Let  every  power  of  heart  and  tongue. 
Unite  to  swell  the  grateful  song  ; 
While  age  and  youth  in  chorus  join, 
And  praise  the  Majesty  divine* 

Anon. 


4  HYMN    II,     III.  Book  IV. 

HYMN     II.       C.  M.  (  b  ) 

On   Earthquakes. 

1  A  LT1IOUGH  on  massy  pillars  built, 
■**■   The  earth  has  lately  shook  ; 

It  trembles  under  human  guilt, 
Before  its  Maker's  look. 

2  Swift  as  the  shock  amazement  spreads, 

And  sinners  tremble  too  ; 
What  flight   can  screen  their  guilty  heads, 
If  earth  itself  pursue  ? 

3  But  if  these  warnings  prove  in  vain, 

Say,  sinner,  canst  thou   tell 
How  soon  the  earth  may  quake  again, 
And  open  wide  to  hell  ? 

4  Repent  before  the  Judge  draws  nigh  ; 

Or  else,  when  he  comes  down, 
Thou  wilt  in  vain  for  earthquakes  cry, 
To  hide  thee  from  his  frown. 
(   *  ) 

5  But  happy  they,  who  love  the  Lord, 

And  his  salvation  know  ; 
The  hope  that's  founded  on  his  word; 
No  change  can  overthrow. 

6  Should  the  deep  rooted  hills  be  hmi'd, 

And  plunged  beneath  the  seas, 
And  strong  convulsions  shake  the  world, 
Your  hearts  may  rest  in  peace. 

7  Jesus,  your  Shepherd,  Lord,  and  Chief, 

Shall  shelter  you  from  ill  ; 
And  not  a  worm,  nor  shaking  leaf, 

Can  move,  but  at  his  will.  J.  Newton 


HYMN     III.     C.  M.  (  *or  fc  ) 

Filial  Submission. 

And  if  'ye  endure   Chastening^  God  dealeth  with  you  rf> 

with  Sons  ;  for  what  Son  is  he>  whom  the  Father 

chazteneth  not  ?     Heb.  xn,  7, 


\      \   ND  can  my  heart  aspire  so  high. 
jlV.   to  say.  4k  my  Father  God  :" 
Lord,  at  Oy  feet,  I  fain  would  lie, 
And  learn  to  kiss  the  rod' 


Book  IV.  HYMN    IV. 


2  I  would   submit  to  all  thy  will, 
For  thou  art  good  and  wise  ; 
Let  every   anxious  thought  be  stilly 
Nor  one  faint  murmur  rise. 

$  Thy  love  can  cheer  the  darksome  gloom. 
And  bid  me  wait  serene  ; 
Till  hopes  and  joys  immortal  bloom, 
And  brighten  all  the  scene. 
4  My  Father — O,  permit   my  heart, 
To  plead  her  humble  claim, 
And  ask  the  bliss,  those  words  impart, 

In  my  Redeemer's  name  1  Mrs.  Steele. 


HYMN     IV.     L.  M.  (  g  ) 

On  opening  a  new  Place  of  Worship. 
The  Church  the  Birth-filace  of  the   Saints,  and   God's 
Care  of  it. — Psalm  lxxxvii,  5. 

1  A   ND    will  the  great,  eternal  God, 
Ji\  On  earth  establish  his  abode  ? 
And  will  he,  from  his  radiant  throne, 
Avow  our  temples  for  his  own  I 

2  We  bring  the  tribute  of  our  praise, 
And  sing  that  condescending  grace, 
Which  to  our  notes  will  lend  an  ear, 
And  call  us,  sinful  mortals,  near. 

3  Our  Father's  watchful  care  we  bless, 
Which  guards  our  synagogues  in  peace, 
That  no  tumultuous  foes  invade, 

To  fill  our  worshippers  with  dread. 

4  These  walls  we  to  thy  honour  raise  : 
Long  may  they  echo  with  thy  praise  s 
And  thou,  descending,  fill  the  place, 
With  choicest  tokens  of  thy  grace. 

5  Here  let  the  great  Redeemer  reign. 
With  all  the  graces  of  his  train  ; 
While  power  divine  his  word  attends, 
To  conquer  foes,  and  cheer  his  friends. 

6  And  in  the  great  decisive  day, 
When  God  the  nations  shall* survey, 
May  it  before  the  world  appear, 
That  crowds  were  born  to  glory  here. 

-n     ^  Dr.  Dodi>hidge» 

B»  it.  A  2 


HYMN    V,    VI.  Book  IV 


HYMN     V.     L.  M.  (  ^  ) 

The  Sabbath. 

1     A  NOTHER  six  clays  work  is  done, 
j£~\  Another  Sabbath  is  begun  ; 
Return,  my  soul,  enjoy  thy  rest, 
Improve  the  day  thy  God  has  bless'd. 

■2  Come,  bless  the  Lord,  whose  love  assigns 
So  sweet  a  rest  to  wearied  minds  ; 
Providts  an  ante  past  of  heaven, 
And  gives  this  day  the  food  of  seven. 

o  O,  that  our  thoughts  and  thanks  may  rise/ 
As  grateful   incense,  to  the   skies; 
And  draw  from  heaven  that  sweet  repose, 
Which  none  but  he,  who  feels  it,  knows. 

4  This   heavenly  calm  within   the  breast 
Is  the  dear  pledge  of  glorious  rest, 
Which  for  the  church  of  God  remains 
The  end  of  cares,  the  end  of  pains. 

5  With  joy,  great  God,  thy  works  we  vie\v, 
In  various  scenes,  both  old  and  new  ; 
With  praise,  we  think  on  mercies  pas.f, 
With  hope,  we  future  pleasures  taste. 

6  In  holy  duties  let  the  day, 

In  holy  pleasures  pass  away  ; 

How  sweet,  a  Sabbath  thus  to  spend, 

■ft  hope  of  one,  that  ne'er  shall  end  ! 

J.    STE.NNETT. 


HYMN     VI.     S.  M.  (  fc>  ) 

Support  in  Death.     Psalm  xxin,  4. 
EHOLD  the  gloomy  vale  ! 
Which  thou,  my  soul,  must  tread*, 
Beset  with  terrors  fierce  and  pale, 
That  leads  thee  to  the  dead. 

Ye  pleasing  scenes,  adieu, 
Which  I  so  long  have  known  ; 
ISIy  friends,  a  long  farewell  to  yolt, 
For  I  must  pass  alone. 
And  thou,  beloved  clay, 
Long  partner  of  my  cares, 


Book  IV.  HYMN    VII. 


In  this  rough  path  art  torn  away* 
With  agony  and  tears. 

But  see,  a  ray  of  light, 

With  splendors  all  divine, 
Breaks  through  those  dokful  realms  of  night, 

And  makes  its  horrors  shine. 

Where  death  and  darkness  reigns, 

Jehovah  is  my  stay  ; 
His  rod  my  trembling  feet  sustains  ', 

His  staff  defends  my  way. 

Dear  Shepherd,  lead  me  on, 

My  soul  disdains  to  fear  ; 
death's  gloomy  phantoms  all  are  flown, 

Now  life's  great  Lord  is  near.  Dr.  Doddridge* 


HYMN  VII,         C.  M.  (  fc 

Prayer  for  Youth. 

1  "O  ESTOW,  dear  Lord,  upon  our  youth 
•I")  The  gift  of  saving  grace  ; 

And  let  the  seed  of  sacred  truth 
Fall  in  a  fruitful  place. 

2  Grace  is  a  plant,  whene'er  it  grows, 

Of  pure  and  heavenly  root  ; 
But  fairest  in  the  youngest  shows, 
And  yields  the  sweetest  fruit. 

3  Ye  careless  ones,   O,  hear   betimes 

The  voice  of  sovereign  love  ! 
Your  youth  is  stain'd  with  many  crimes, 
But  mercy  re.gns  above. 

4  True,  you  are  young,  but  there's  a  stone, 

Within   the  youngest  breast ; 
Or  half  the  crimes,  which  you  have  doDe"? 
Would  rob  you  of  your  rest. 

5  For  you  the  public  prayer  is  made, 

O,  join  the  public  prayer  ! 

For  you  the  secret  tear  is  shed, 

O,  shed  yourselves  a   tear  I 

6  We  pray  that  you  may  early  prove, 

The  Spirit's  power  to  teach  ; 
You  cannot  be  too  young  to  !ove 
That  Jesus,  whom  we  preach. 


HYMN     VIII,    IX.  Book  l\ 


HYMN     VIII.       S.  M.         (  *  or  b  ) 

Love  to  the  Brethren, — A  parting  Hymts. 

p>  LKSS'D  be  the  tie,  that  binds 

-"-^  Our  hearts  in  christian  love  ; 
The  fellowship  of  kindred  minds 

Is  like  to  that  abn?e. 

Before  our  Father's  throne 

We  pour  our  ardent  prayers  ; 
Our  fears,  our  hopes,  our  arms  are  one? 

Our  comforts  and  our  cares. 

We  share  our  mutual  woes, 

Our  mutual  burdens  bear  ; 
And  often  for  each  other  flows 

The  sympathizing  tear. 

When  we  asunder  part, 

It  gives  us  inward  pain  ; 
But  we  shall  still  be  join'd  in  heart,. 

And  hope  to  meet  a^ain. 

This  glorious  hope  revives 

Our  courage  by  the  way  ; 
While  each  in  expectation  lives, 

And  longs  to  see  the  clay. 

From  sorrow,  toil,  and  pain, 

And  sin,  we  shall  be  free  ; 
And  perfect  love  and  friendship  reign 

Through  all  eternity.  FAWCETjr. 


HYMN  IX.         CM.  (  *  ) 

On  the  Education  of  Children  and  Youtfe. 
1    TTjLESS'D  is  the  man,  whose  heart  expands;, 
JD  At  melting  pity's  call, 
And  the  rich  blessings  of  his  hands? 
Like  heavenly  manna,  fall. 

3  Mercy,  descending  from  above, 
In  softest  accents  pleads  ; 
O,    may  each  tender  bosom  move, 
When  mercy  intercedes  I 

3  Be  ours   the  bliss  in  wisdom's  way, 

To  guide  untutorM  youth, 
And  lead  the  mind,  that  went  astray, 
To  virtue  and  to  truth. 

4  Children  our  kind  protection  claim? 

An4  God  wi|[  well  approve. 


Book  IV.  HYMX     X,     XT. 


When  .infants  learn  to  lisp  his  name, 
And  their  Creator  love. 

5  Delightful  work  !  young  souls  to  win, 

And  turn  the  rising  race 
From  the  deceitful  paths  of  sin, 
To  seek  redeeming  grace. 

6  Almighty  God  !  thy  influence  shed. 

To  aid  this  good  design  ; 
The  honours  of  thy  name  be  spread, 

And  ail  the  glory  thine.  J.  Stbapha'n. 


HYMN     X.         Metre,  7s.        (  *  ) 
Rejoicing  in  Hofie,     Isaiah  xxxv,  10.     Luke  xn,  32- 

1  /pHILDREN  of  the  heavenly  King, 
^  As  ye  journey,  sweetly  sing  ; 
Sing  your  Saviour's  worthy  praise, 
Glorious  in  his  works  and  ways. 

2  Ye  are  travelling  home  to  God, 
In  the  way  your  fathers  trod  ; 
They  are  happy  now,  and  ye 
Soon  their  happiness  shall  s_e. 

3  O,  ye  banish 'd  seed,  be  g'ari  \    . 
Christ  our  advocate  is  made  ; 
Us  to  save,  our  flesh  assumes. 
Brother  to  our  souls  becomes. 

4  Shout,  ye  little  flock,  and  biess'd ; 
You  on  Jesus'  throne  shall  rest; 
There  your  seat  is  now  prepared. 
There,  your  kingdom  and  rewarcl. 

5  Fejr  not,  brethren,  joyful  stand 
On  the  borders  of  your  land  ; 
Jesus  Christ,  your  Father's  Son, 
Bids  you,  undismay'd,  go  on. 

6  Lod.  obediently  we'll  go, 
Gladly  leaving  all  below  ; 
Only  thou  our  leader  be, 

And  we  still  will  follow  thee.  r^wr^ 


HYMN     XI.         C.  M.  ~  (  fc 

Pleading  for  Mercy.— For  a  Fast-Dat. 
"  let  our  souls  adore  the  Lordj 
Whose  judgments  yet  delav. 


Co  mi: 
Who 


Id HYMN     XII.  Book  IV 


Who  yet  suspends  the  lifted  sword, 
And  gives  us  leave  to  pray. 

2  Great  is  our  guilt,  our  fe:<rs  are  great. 

But  let  us  not  despair  ; 
Still  open  is  the  mercy-seat, 
To  penitence  and  prayer. 

3  Kind   Intercessor,  to  thy  love, 

This  blessed  hope  we  owe  ; 
O,  let   thy  merits  plead  above. 
While  \vc  implore  below. 

4  O,  gracious  God,  for  Jesus'  sake) 

Attend  thy  people's  cry  ; 
Nor  let  the  kindling  vengeance  break 
Destructive  from  thine  eye. 
.5  Though  justice,  near  thy  awful  tin-one, 
Attends  thy  dread  command, 
Lord,  hear  thy  servants,  hear  thy  Son, 
And  save  a   guilty  land. 

Mrs.  Steele. 


HYMN    XII.         C.   M.  (  b   ) 

Foil  a  Time  of  general   Sickness. 

PEATH,  with  his  dread  commission  seal'dj 
Now  hastens  to  his  arms  ; 
In  awful  state  he  takes  the  held, 

And  sounds  his  dire  alarms. 
Attendant  plagues  around  him  stand, 

And  wait  his  dread  command  ; 
And  pains,  and  dying  groans  obey 

Tiie  signal  of  his  hand. 
With  cruel   force   he  scatters  round 

His  shafts  of  deadly  power  ; 
While  the  grave  waits  its  destined  prey, 

Impatient  to  devour. 

Sovereign  of  life,  we  own  thy  hand, 

In  every  chastening  stroke  ; 
And  while  we  smart  beneath  thy  rod, 

Thy  presence  we  invoke. 
To  thee*  in  our  distress,  we  cry  ; 

Lord,  bow  thy  gracious  ear  : 
O,  let  thy  word  our    life  prolong, 

And  bring  salvation  near  ! 


Book  IV.  HYMN     XIII,     XIV.       1 1 

■    -     

6    1  hen  in  the  courts  of   righteousness, 
With  all  the  pious  throng, 
We  will  record  our  solemn  vows, 
And  tune  our  grateful  song. 

Selected  from  Leach  &  DoDDRiDGfc- 


HYMN  XIII.         C.  M.  (  b  ) 

Old   Age  .*  or,  Man  Frail  and  Mortal, 

ETERNAL  God,  enthroned  on  high, 
Whom  angel-hosts  adore  ; 
Who  yet  to  suppliant  dust  art  nigh, 
Thy  presence  I  implore. 

2  O  guide  me  down  the  steep  of  age, 

And  keep  my  passions  cool  ; 
Teach  me  to  scan  the  sacred  page, 
And  practise  every  rule. 

3  My  flying  years  time  urges  on, 

What's  human  must  decay  ; 
My  friends,  my  young  companions  g^ne, 
Can  I  expect  to  stay  ? 

4  Can  I  exemption  plead,  when  death 

Projects  his  awful  dart  ? 
Can  med'eines  then  prolong  my  breath, 
Or  virtue  shield  my  heart  ? 

5  Ah  !  no — then  smooth  the  mortal  hour, 

On  thee  my  hope  depends  ; 
Support  me  with  almighty  power, 
While  dust  to  dust  descends. 

>  (  X  ) 

§  Then  shall  my  soul,  O,  gracious  God, 
While  angels  join  the  lay, 
Admitted  to  the  bless'd  abode, 

Its  endlest  anthems  pay.         Dr.  Rippon's  Selection. 


HYMN      XIV.         C.  M.        (xor  b  ) 
Secret  Prater.     Matt,  vi,  6» 
V  TTBATHER  divine,  thy  piercing  eye 
™   Sees  through  the  darkest  night ; 
In  deep  retirement  thou  art  nigh, 
With  heart-discerning  sight. 
£  There  shall  that  piercing  eye  survey 
My  duteous  homage  paid, 
With  every  morning's  dawning  ray, 
And  every  evening's  shade. 


12  HYMN     XV,     XVI.  Boot  IV. 


3  O,   may  thy  own    celestial  fire 

The  incense  still  infl  »me  ; 
While  my  warm  vows  to  thee  aspire, 
Through  my  Redeemer's  name. 

4  So  shall  the  visas  of  thy  love 

My  soul  in  secret  bk'ss  ; 
So  shalt  thou  deign,  in  worlds  above, 
Thy  suppliant  to  confess 

Di     Doddbid»r. 

HYMN  XV.         L.  M.  (  #  ) 

Family  Religion;  or,Gdfi**  gracious  jififirobat\       j  'a 
ieiigiou8  Care  of  our  Fomilies.     Gen.  xvm,  19. 

1  TB*  VTHER  of  men,  thy  care  we  bless, 

™    Which  crowns  our  families  with  peace  ; 
From  thee  they  sprung,  and  by  thy  hand 
Their  root  and  branches  are  sustam'd. 

2  To  God,  most  worthy  to  be  praised, 
Be  our  domestic  altars  raised; 

Who,  Lord  of  heaven,  scorns  not  to  dwell 
With  saints  in  their  obscurest  cell. 

3  To  thee  may  each  united  house, 
Morning  and  night,  present  its  vows  j 
Our  servants  there  and  rising  race 

Be  taught  thy  precepts  and  thy  grace. 

4  O,  may  each  future  age  proclaim 
The  honours  of  thy  glorious  name, 
While  pleased  and  thankful  we    remove, 

To  join  the  family  above.  Dr.  Doddridge. 


HYMN  XVI.         L.  M.  (  *  ) 

For  the  Ordination  or  Settlement  of  a  Minister. 
The  Institution  of  a  Gosfiel  Ministry  from  Chris?. 
Eph.  iv,    11,  12. 

1  TOATHER  of  mercies  in  thy  house, 

■"-     Smile  on  our  homage  and  our  vows  ; 
While  with  a  grateful  heart  we  share 
These  pledges  of  our  Saviour's  care. 

2  The  Saviour,  when  to  heaven  he  rose 
In  splendid  triumph  o'er  his  foes, 
ScatterM  his  gifts  on  men  below, 
And  wide  his  royal  bounties  1] 


3Book  IV.  HYMN    XVTL  1$ 

3  llcncc  sprung  th'  sl/iostle's  honoured  name, 
Sacred  beyond  heroic  fame  ; 

Hence  dictates  the  firofihetic  sage, 
And  hence  the  evangelic  page. 

4  In  lowlier  forms,  to  bless  our  eyes, 
Pastors  from  hence,  and  teachers  rise  ; 
Who,  though  with  feebler  rays  they  shine, 
St'll  gild  a  long  extended  line. 

5  From  Christ  their  varied  gifts  derive, 
And  fed  by  Christ  their  graces  live  ; 
While  guarded  by  his  potent  hand, 
'Midst  all  the  rage  of  hell  they  stand. 

^  So  shall  the  bright  succession    run 

Through  the  last  courses  of  the  sun  ; 

While  unborn  churches,  by  their  care, 

Shall  rise  and  flourish  large  and  fair. 
■7  Jesus,  our  Lord,  their  hearts  shall  know, 

The  spring,  whence  all  these  blessfngs  flow$ 

Pastors  and  People  shout  his  praise, 

Through  the  long  round  of  endless  days. 

Dr.  Doddjudge. 


HYMN     XVII.         CM.  (  b  ) 

The  God  of  Spirits  sought  to  aupfily  Vacancies  in   the    Co?: 
gregations  of  /us  People.      Numb,    xxvn,  15  —  IT. 

I  "[HEATHER  of  spirits,  from  thy  hand, 
JE    Our  souls  immortal  came  ; 
And  still  thine  energy  divine 
Supports  th'  etherial  flame. 
2"  To  thee,  when  mortal  comforts  fail, 
Thy  flock,  deserted,  flies  ; 
And  on  th'  eternal  Shepherd's  care, 
Our  cheerful  hope  relies. 

3*  When  o'er  thy  faithful  servants'  dust 
Thy  dear  assembles  mourn, 
In  speedy  tokens  of  thy  grace 
O,  Israel's  God,  return. 
A  The  powers  of  nature  all  are  thine, 

And  thine  the  aids  of  grace  ;  v 

Thine  arm  has  borne  thy  churches  up.: 

Through  every  rising  race, 
ft  iv.  B 


U  HYMN    XVIII,     XIX.  Book  IV, 


5  Exert  thy  sacred  influence  here, 

And  here  thy  suppliants  bless, 
And  change,  to  strains  of  cheerful  praise, 
Their  accents  of  distress. 

6  With  faithful  heart  and  skilful  hand, 

May  this  thy  flock  be  fed  ; 
And  with  a  steady  growing  pace, 

To  Zion's  mountain  led.  Dr.  Doddridge. 


HYMN     XVIII.         C.  M.         (  X  or  b  ) 
Contentment.     Philippians  iv,    11. 
I   YTHERCE  passions  discompose  the  mind, 
A.     As  tempests  vex  the  sta  ; 
But  calm  content  and  peace  we  find, 
When,  Lord,  we  turn  to  thee. 

2  In  vain  by  reason  and  by  rule, 

Wc  try  to  bend  the  will  ; 
For  none,  but  in  the   Saviour's  school, 
Can  learn  the  heavenly  skill. 

3  Since  at  his  feet  my  soul  has  sat, 

His  gracious  words  to  hear, 
Contented  with  my  preterit  state, 

I  cast  on  him  my  care. 

4  "  Art  thou  a  sinner,  soul  ?"  he  said, 

"  Then  how  canst  thou  complain  ? 
(i  How  light  thy  troubles  here,  if  weigh'd, 

II  With  everlasting  pain! 

5  "  If  thou  of  murmuring  wouldst  be  cured, 

"  Compare  thy  griefs  with  mine  ; 
"  Think  what  my  love  for  thee  endured, 
"  And  thou  wilt  not  repine." 

6  Thus  I,  who  once  my  wretched  days 

In  vain  repinings  spent  ; 
Taught  in  my  Saviour's  school  of  grace, 

Have  learn'd  to  be  content.  Oi.ney  Hymns. 

HYMN     XIX.         C-  M.  (  &  ) 

.Ministers  comforted,  thai  (hey  may  comfort  others,--*!  Cor.  1, 4- 
1   |y6UNTAIN  o!  comfort  and  of  love, 
jf»    Thy  streams,  how  tree  they  flow  ! 
First  water  all  the  world  above, 
Then  visit  us  b  -low  ! 


Book  IV.  HYMN1     XX. 


2  From  Christ,  tne  head,  what  grace  descends, 

To  cherish  every  part  ! 
lie  shares  his  joys  with  all  his  friends, 
For  all  have  shared  his  heart. 

3  What  though  the  sorrows  here  they  feel 

Are  manifold  and  great  ? 
He  brings  new  consolations  still, 
As  various  and  as  sweet. 

4  He  shows  our  numerous  sins  forgiven. 
And  shows  our  covenant  God  ; 

He  witnesses  our  right  to  heaven, 

The  purchase  of  his  blood. 
Though  earth  and  hell  against  us  join, 

In  him  we  are  secure  ; 
Our  diadems  shall  brighter  shine, 

For  all  we  now  endure. 
6  On  every  faithful  shepherd's  breast, 

Loid,  send  these  comforts  down  ; 
That  they  may  lead  thy  flock  to  rest, 
Which  their  own  souls  have  known.      Dr.  Doddridge. 


msisji^^i^^t^. 


HYMN     XX.         C.  M.  (  b   ) 

A  Famine  of  the  Word. 

1  (jnLLAD>JESS  wa*  spread  through  Israel's  host, 

*J»   When  first  they  Manna  view'd  ; 
They  labour'd  who  should  gather  most, 

And  thought  it  pleasant  food. 
But  when  they  had  it   long  enjov'd 

From  day  to  day  the  same, 
Their  hearts  were  by  the  plenty  cloy'cl, 

Although  from  heaven  it  came. 
Thus  gospel  bread  at  first  is  prized, 

And  makes  a  people  glad  ; 
But  afterwards,  too  much  despised, 

When  easy  to  be  had. 
1  But  should  the  Lord,  displeased,  withhold 

The  bread,  his  mercy  sends  ; 
To  have  our  houses  fill'd  with  gold, 

Would  make  hut  poor  amends. 
How  tedious  would  the  week  appear, 

How  dull  the  Sabbath  prove; 
Could  we  no  longer  meet  to  hear 

The  precious  truths  Ve  love  ? 


16  HYMN     XXI.  Book.  IV.. 


6  How  would  believing  parents  bear 
To  leave  tLeir  heedless  youth, 
Exposed  to  every  fatal  snare, 
Without  the  light  of  truth  ? 

4  Preserve  us  from  this  judgment.  Lord) 
For  Jesus'  sake  v.Te  plead  ; 
A  famine  of  the  gospel  word 

Would  be  a  stroke  indeed  !  J.  Nswtf&N* 

'  ■'■■ 

HYMN     XXI.         H.  M.  [  #  ] 

At  the  firming  rfa  Church  ;     or,  Strangcra  entertained  i?i 
God's  House  of  Prayer. — Isaiah  lvi,  6,  7.  compare^ 
with  Matt,  xxi,  13,  and  Eph.  n,  19. 
■I       ,pl  RE  AT  Father  of  mankind, 

^JS  We  bless  that  wonderous  grace, 
Which  could  for  Gentiles  find 
Within  thy  courts  a  place. 
How  kind  the  care         Our  God  displays, 
For  us  to  raise  A  house  of  prayer  i 

2       Though  once  estranged  far, 

We  now  approach  the  throne  ; 

For  Jesus  brings  us  near, 

And  makes  our  cause  his  own  : 
Strangers  no  more,       To  thee  we  come. 
And  find  our  home,       And  rest  secure, 
3,      To  thee  our  souls  we  join, 

And  love  thy  sacrtd  mime  ; 

No  more  our  own,  but  thine  ; 

We  triumph  in  thy  claim  ; 
Our  Father,  King,         Thy  covenant  grace 
Our  souls  embrace,       Thy  titles  sing. 

4  Here  in -thy  house  we   feast 
On  dainties  all  divine  ; 

And  while  such  sweets  we  taste. 

With  joy  our  faces  shme. 
Incense  shall  rise,         From  flames  of  love, 
And  God  approve        The  sacrifice. 

5  May  all  the  nations  throng, 
lo  worship  in  thy  house  ; 
And  thou  attend  the  song, 
And  smile  upon  their  vows- 

Indulgent  still,  Till  earth  conspire, 

To  join  the  choir     On  Zion's  hill.     Pr.  Doddridg? 


tfoo*  IV.         HYMN    XXII,    XXIII. 


HYMN    XXII.        CM.         [  It  or  fe  ] 

The  spreading  of  the  Gospel.— A   Prayer  for  Mission- 
aries. 

1  (f*  REAT  God,  the  nations  of  the  earth 
^T  Arc  by  creation  thine ; 

And  in  thy  works  by  all  beheld, 
Thy  radiant  glories  shine. 

2  But*  Lord,  thy  greater  love  has  sent. 

Thy  gospel  to  mankind, 
Unveiling  what  rich  stores  of  grace 
Are  treasured  in  thy  mind. 

3  Lord,  when  shall  these   glad  tidings  spread 

The  spacious  earth  around, 
Till  every  tribe,  and  every  soul 
Shall  hear  the  joyful  sound  ? 

4  O,  when  shall  Afric's  sable  sons 

Enjoy  the  heavenly  word, 
And  vassals,  long  enslaved,  become 
The  freemen  of  the  Lord  ? 

5  When  shall-th'  untutor*d  heathen  tribe, 

A  dark,  bewilder'd  race, 
Sit  down  at  our   Emmanuel's  feet, 
And  learn  and  see  his  grace  ? 

6-  Haste,  sovereign  mercy,  and  transform 
Their  cruelty  to  love  ; 
Soften  the  tyger  to  a  lamb, 
The  vulture,  to  a  dove. 
7  Smile,  Lord,  on  each  divine  attempt,- 
To  spread  the  gospel's  rays, 
And  build  on  sin's  demolish'd  throne, 
The  temples  of  thy  praise. 

Dr.  Rifpon?s  Selection. 


HYMN    XXIII.         L.  M.         [  ^  J 
An-  Evening  Hymn. 
■f^i  REAT  God,  tothee  my  evening  song, 
^^  With  humble  gratitude  I  raise  ; 
O,  let  thy  mercy  tune  my  tongue, 
And  fill  ray  heart  with  lively  praise. 
My  days  unclouded  as  they  pass, 
And  every  gentle  rolling  hour, 
Are  monuments  of  wonderous  grace, 
And  witness  to  thy  love  and  power. 
V,.  iv.  B  2 


18  HYMN     XXIV,     XXV.  Book  IV 


3  And  yet  ths  thoughtless,  wretched  heart. 
Too  oft  regardless  of  thy  love, 
Ungrateful  can  from  thee  depart, 

And,  fond  of  trifles,  vainly  rove. 

4  Seal  my  forgiveness  in  the  blood 
Of  Jesus — his  clear  name  alone 

I  plead  for  pardon,  gracious  God, 
And  kind  acceptance  at  thy  throne. 

5  Let  this  blest  hope  mine  eyelids  close  ; 
With  sleep  refresh  my  feeble  frame  ; 
Safe  in  thy  care,  may  I  repose, 

And  wake  with  praises  to  thy  name. 

Dr.  Rippon's  Selection. 


HYMN     XXIV.         Metre,  8,7,4.        [  *  ] 
The  Grave  ;  or,  Chris?  a  guide  through  Death   to   Glory. 

1  f^  CIDE  me,  O,  thou  great  Jehovah, 
\JT  Piignm,  through  this  barren  land  j 
I  am  weak,  but  thou  art  mighty  ; 
Hold  me  with  thy  powerful  hand  ; 

Bread  of  heaven, 
Feed  me,  till  I  want  no  more. 

2  Open,  Lord*  the  crystal  fountain. 
Whence  the  healing  streams  do  flow; 
Let  the  fiery,  cloudy  pillar 

Lead  me  all  my  journey  through  ; 

Strong  Deliv'rer, 
Be  thou  still  my  strength  and  shield. 

3  When  I  tread  tiie  verge  of  Jordan, 
Bid  my  anxious  fears  subside  ; 
Death  of  death,  and  hell's  destruction, 
Land  me  safe  on  Canaan's  side  ; 

Songs  of  praises 
1  will  ever  give  to  thee. 

Rev.  Dr.  ?v!adan's  Collection. 


HYMN     XXV.         Metre,  8,7.       ( 
Gratitude  for  the   Atonement. 


1   "O  ATL,  thou  once  despised  Jesus  ! 
•^  Had,  thou  Galilean  King  ! 
Thou  didst  suffer  to  release  us; 
Thou  didst  free  salvation  bring. 


Book  IV.  HYM\T     XXVI.  1§> 


Hail,  thou  agonizing  Saviour  ! 

Bearer  of  our  sin  and  shame  1 
By  thy  merit  we  find  favour  ; 
Life  is  given  through  thy  name. 

2  Pasoal  Lamb,  by  God  appointed, 
AH  our  S'ns  on  thee  were  faid  ; 
Bv  almighty    love  anointed, 
Thou  hast  full  atonement  made: 
All  thy  people  are  torgiven, 
Through  the  virtue  o<  thy  blood  ; 
Open'd  is  the  gate  of  heaven, 
Peace  is  made  'tw.xt  man  and  God. 

3  Jesus,  hail,  enthroned  \r.  glory, 
There  forever  to  dbde  ! 

All  the  heavenly  hosts  adore  thee, 
Seated  at  thy  Father's  side  : 
There,  for  sinners  thou  art  pleading, 
There,  thou  dost  our  place  prepare, 
Ever  for  us  interceding, 
Till  in  glory  we  appear* 

4  Worship,  honour,  power  and  blessing, 
Thou  art  worthy  to  receive  ; 
Loudest  praises  without  ceasing, 
Meet  it  is  for  us  to  give  : 

Help,  ye  bright,  angelic  spirits, 
Bring  your  sweetest,  noblest  lays; 
Help  to  sing  our  Saviour's  merits  ; 
Help  to  chant  Emmanuel's  praise. 

Dr.  Rippon's  Selection. 


HYMN     XXVI.         Metre,  8,  7,  4.     (  ^  ) 
Finished  Redimption. 

1  TLJJ  \RK  i  the  voce  of  love  and  mercy 
■"--"-  Sounds  aloud  from  Calvary  ! 
See,    it  rends  the  rocks  asunder  ! 
Slakes  the  earth  and  veils  the  sky  ! 

«  It  is  hnish'd  r 

Hear  the  dying  Saviour  cry  ! 

2  It  is  finished  !  O,  what  pleasure 
Do  these  charmng  words  afford  ! 
Heavenly  blessings,  without  measure, 
Flow  to  us  from  Christ,  the  Lord. 


20  HYMN     XXVII.  Book  IV 


It  is  finish'd  ! 

Saims,  ttie  dying  words  record. 
*   Hnish'd  all  the  types  and  shadows 
Of  the  ceremonial  Uw  ! 
Finish'd  all,  that  God  had  promised  \ 
Death  and  hell  no  more  shall  awe. 
It  is  finish'd  I 
Saints,  from  hence  your  comforts  draw 

4  J,  Happy  souls,  approach  the  table, 
Twkc  tiie  soul-reviving  food  ; 
JJothing  half  so  sweet  and  pleasant. 
As  the  Saviour's  flesh  and  blood. 
It  is  finish'd  ! 

Christ  iias  borne  the  heavy  load.] 

5  Time  your  harps  an  w,  ye  seraphs. 
Join  to  sin^  the  pleas. ng  theme  : 
All  on  earth  and  all  in  heaven, 
Join  to  praise  Emmanuel's  name  i 
Hallelujah  I 

Glory  to  the  bleeding  Lamb  1  Dr.  Rippon's  Sblbctio.v 


HYMN     XXVII.         C.  M.         [  b  ] 
The  Head  of  a.  Family  removea  ;  or>  the  Death  of  a 

Fa theh. 

\  "LIAS  death  another  trophy  won  ? 
«"•  And  is  a  father  dead  ? 
Behold,  a  family  bereaved, 
And  weeping  for  their  head  t 

$  What  sorrow  swells  the  widow's  breast  I 
How  moving  are  her  tears  J 
Gone  is  the  friend,  who  shared  her  heart? 
The  friend,  who  soothed  her  cares* 
3  The  children  mourn  a  father's  death, 
And  feel  a  mother's  pain  ; 
Their  sorrows  move  a  mother's  heart, 
She  sees,  and  weeps   again. 

A  Ye  mourning  friends,  approach  your  God, 
His  grace  can  give  relief; 
The  hand,  which  wounds,  can  also  heal. 
And  soften  every  grief. 

i>  lie  bids  the  widow  trust  in  him, 
And  he's  the  orphan's  friend  ; 
He'll  hear  the  cry  of  broken  souls? 
And  neace  and  comfort  send. 


B-ook  IV.  HYMN     XXVIII,    XXIX. 


6  Let  faith  and  hope  assuage  your  grief, 
And  be  your  hearts  resign'd  ; 
For  all,  who  wait  upon  the  Lord, 
Shall  consolation  find. 


HYMN    XXVIII.        C.  M.         [  %  } 
The  Beauties  or  Spring. 
I   TTlfO^V  changed  the  face  of  nature  shows  I 

Jfi  ^ow  gav  tne  rui  a«  scene  ;  -    , 

A  fairer  bloom  the  flowers  disclose, 
The  meads  a  livelier  green. 

2-  While  beauty  clothes  the  fertile  vale, 
And  blossoms  on  the  spray, 
And  fragrance  breathes  in  every  gale, 
How  sweet  the  vernal  day  ! 

&  And  hark  '.  the  featherM  warblers  sing  ! 
'Tis  nature's  cheerful  voice  ; 
Soft  music  hails  the  lovely  spring, 
And  woods^  and  fields  rejoice. 

4;  How  kind  the  influence  of  the  skies  1. 

These  showers,  with  blessings  fraught. 
Bid  verdure,  beauty,  fragrance  rise, 
And  fix  the  roving  thought. 

5  O,  let  my  wondering  heart  confess,. 

With  gratitude  and  love, 
The  bounteous  hand,  that  deigns  to  bless 
The  garden,  field,  and  grove, 

6  That  bounteous  hand  my  thoughts  adore, 

Beyond  expression  kind, 
Hath  sweeter,  nobler  gifts  in  store, 

To  bless  the  craving  mind.  Mrs.  Steele, 


HYMN     XXIX.         S.  M.  (  %  ) 

God  bringing  his  Peojde  into  the  Covenant  under   the  Rod, 
Ezek.  xx,  27. 

I       TPTOW  gracious  and  how  wise 

•"-■*■  Is  our  chastising  God  1 
And  O,    how  rich  the  blessings  ar£; 

Which  blossom  from  his   rod  } 
3       He  lifts  it  up  on  high, 

With  pity  in  his  he^rtj 


HYMN     XXX.  Book  IV. 


That  every  stroke  hi z  children  feel, 
May  grace  and  peace  impart. 

Instructed  thus  they  bow, 

And  own  his  sovereign  sway  ; 
They  turn  their  erring  footsteps  back 

To  his  forsaken  way. 

His  cov'nant-love  they  seek, 

And  seek  the  happy  bands, 
That  closer  still  engage  their  hearts] 

To  honour  his  commands. 

Dear  Father,  we  consent, 
To  discipline  divine  ; 

And  bless  t;ie  pains,  that  make  our  souls 

bull  more  completely  thine.        Dr    Doddridge. 


HYMN     XXX.         C     M.  (  b  ) 

On  a   Season  of  abounding   Rain. 

1  ]U[OW  hast  t^ou-  Lord,  from  year  to  year, 
■**-•"-  Our  land  with  plenty  crown'd  ! 

And  gen'rous  fruit  and  golden  grain 
Have  spread  their  riches  round. 

2  But  we  thy  mercies  have  abused, 

To  more  abounding  crimes  ; 
What  heights,  what  daring  heights  in  sin, 
Mark  and  disgrace  our  times  ! 

3  Equal,  though  awful  is  the  doom, 

That  fierce,  descending  rain, 
Should  into  inundations  swell, 
And  crush  the  rising  grain. 

4  How  jus'.,  that  in  the  autumn's  reign- 

When  we  had  hoped  to  reap, 
Our  fields  of  sorrow  and  despair 
Should  lie,  a  hideous  heap  ! 

5  But,  Lord,  have  mercy  on  owr  land. 

These  floods  of  vengeance  stay  ; 
D  spel  those  glooms-  and  let  the  iun 

Shine  in  unclouded  day. 

G  To  thee  alone,  we  look  for  help  : 
None  else  of  dew  or  rain 
Can  give  the  world  the  smallest  drop, 
Or  smallest  drop  restrain. 

Dr.  Ritpon's  Select  to 


Boor.  IV.  HYMN-    XXXi,    XXXU. 


HYMN    XXXI.         S.  M.  (  b  ) 

Practical  Reflections  on  the  State  of  our 
Fathers.     Zech.  i,  5, 
'OW  swift,  the  torrent  rolls, 


HOY 
Tl 


The  tide,  that  bears  our  thoughtless  souls 
To  vast  etern.t)  1 

Our  fathers,  where  are  they, 

With  all  they  calFd  their  own  ! 
Their  joys,  and  griefs,  and  hopes,  and  cares, 

And  wealth,  ana  honor,  gone  ! 

But  joy  or  grirf  succeeds, 

B.yond  our  mortal  thought) 
While  the  poor  remnant  of  their  dust 

L  es  in  the  grave  forgot. 

There,  where  the  fathers  lie, 
Must  all  the  children  dwell  ; 
Nor  other  heritage  possess 
But  such  a  gloomy  cell. 

God  of  our  fathers,  hear, 
Thou  everlasting  friend  I 
While  we,  as  on  life's  utmost  verge, 
Our  souls  tu  thee  commend. 

Of  all  the  pious  dead, 
May  we  their  footsteps  trace, 
Till  With  them,  in  the  land  of  light, 

We  dwell  before  thy  face.  Dr.  Doddridge. 


HYMN    XXXII.         L.  M.  (  b  ) 

For  a  Day  of  Prayer  for  the  revival  of  "Religion. 
Gvd  entreated  for  Zion.     Isaiah  lxii,  6,  7. 

1  TNDULGFNT  Sovereign  of  the  skies, 
■*  And  wilt  thou  bow  thy  gracious  ear  ? 
While  feeble  mortals  raise  their  cries, 
Wilt  thou,  the  great  Jehovah,  hear  ? 

2  How  shall  thy  servants  give  thee  rest, 
Till  Zion's  mouldYing  walls  thou  raise  ? 
Till  thy  own  power  shall  stand  confess'd, 
And  make  Jerusalem  a  praise. 

3  For  this,  a  lowly  suppliant  crowd 
Here  in  thy  sacred  temple  wait ; 


ftYMN    XXXIII.  Book  1\\ 


For  this,  we  lift  our  voices  loud 
And  call,  and  knock  at  mercy's  gate. 

4  Look  down,  O  God,  with   pitying  eye, 
And  view  the  desolation  round  ; 
See  what  wide  realms  in  darkness  lie, 
And  hurl  their  idols  to  the  ground. 

5  Loud  let  the  gospel  trumpet  blow, 
And  call  the  nations  from  afar  ; 
Let  all  the  isles  their  Saviour  know, 
And  earth's  remotest  ends  draw  near, 

6  On  all  our  souls  let  grace  descend, 
Like  heavenly  dnw^  in  copious  showers, 
That  we  may  call  our  God  our  friend, 
That  we  may  hail  salvation  ours. 

7  Then  shall  each  age  and  rank  agree, 
United  shouts  of  joy  to  raise  ; 

And  Zion,  made  a  praise  by  thee, 
To  thee  shall  render  back  the  praise. 

Dr.  Doddridge, 


HYMN    XXXIII.         C.  M.  (  b  ) 

On  the  Death  of  a  Believer. 
1  TIN  vain  my  fancy  strives  to  paint, 
•1*  The  moment  after  death  ; 
The  glories  that  surround  the  saints, 
When  yielding  up  their  breath. 

,2  One  gentle  sigh  their  fetters  breaks, 

We  scarce  can  say,  "  They're  gone  I? 
Before  the  willing  spirit  takes 
Her  mansion  near  the  throne. 
$  Faith  strives,  but  all  its  efforts  fail, 
To  trace  her  in  her  flight  ; 
No  eye  can  pierce  within  the  vail, 
Which  hides  that  world  of  light. 

i  Thus  much,  (  and  this  is  all  )  we  know. 
They  are  completely  bless'd  ; 
Have  done  with  sin,  and  care,  and  wo, 
And  with  their  Saviour  rest. 

Si  Their  faith,  and  patience,  love,  and  zeal 
Should  make  their  mem'ry  dear  ; 
And,  Lord,  do  thou  the  prayers  fulfil? 
They  offer'd  for  us  here  1 


Book  IV.  HYMN     XXXIV. 


While  they  have  gain'd,  we  losers  are, 

We  miss  them  day  by  day  ; 
But  thou  cans'  every  breach  repair, 

And  wipe  our  tears  away.  J.  Newto*, 


I 


HYMN     XXXIV.     Metre,  6,  8.         (  *  ) 
On  Opening  a  Place  of  Worship. 
rN  sweet,  exalted  strains, 
■•  The  King  of  glory  praise  ; 

O'er  heaven  and  earth  he  reigns, 

Through  everlasting  days  : 
He,  with  a  nod,  the  world  controls, 
Sustains  or  sinks  the  distant  poles. 

To  earth  he  bends  his  throne, 

His  throne  of  grace  divine; 

Wide  hs  his  bounty  known, 

And  wide  his  glories  shine  ! 
Fair  Salem,  still  his  chosen  rest, 
Is  with  his  smiles  and  presence  bless'd, 

Then,  King  of  glory,  come, 

And  with  thy  favour  crown 

This  temple,  as  thy  dome, 

This  people,  as  thy  own  : 
Beneath  this  roof,  O,  deign  to  show 
How  God  can  dwell  with  men  below. 

Here  may  thine  ears  attend 

Our  interceding  cries, 

And  grateful  praise  ascend, 

All  fragrant  to  the  skies  : 
Here  may  thy.  word  melodious  sound, 
And  spread  celestial  joys  around. 

Here  may  th'  attentive  throng 

Imbibe  thy  truth  and  love, 

And  converts  join  the  song 

Of  seraphim  above  > 
And  willing  crowds  surround  thy  board, 
With  sacred  joy  and  sweet  accord. 

Here  may  our  unborn  sons 

And  daughters  sound  thy  praise. 

And  shine,  like  polish'd  stones, 

Through  long  succeeding  days  : 
Here,  Lord,  display  thy  saving  power, 
While  temples  stand,  and  men  adore*     B.  Ijiax 'K 
B.  iv.  O  * 


26  HYMN     XXXV,     XXXVI.  Book  IV 


HYMN     XXXV.        Wetrf,  10s.       (  b  ) 
Reflection  on  the  Close  oy  the  Years 

1  TS  this  a  theme  of  mirth  ?  who  cart  rejoice, 
-"•  That  time,  important  time,  so  swiftly  flies, 
Arid  scorn  reflec:  ion's  monitory  voice, 
The  friendly  power,  that  woos  us  to  be  wise  ? 

2'  Forever,  ye  departed  months,  adieu  ! 

What  heart,  that  knows  your  value,  can  be  gay  ? 
What  heart,  that  asks  reflection's  conscious  view, 
How  many  hours  fled  unimproved  away  ? 

3  Yet  oft  her  warning  voice,  ere  yet  they  pass'd 

Cried,  "seize  the  precious  minutes,  make  them  thine  ;° 
Ah  !  how  wilt  thou  account  for  so  much  waste 
Of  treasure,  lent  for  purposes  divine  ? 

4  O,  let  my  heart  her  netdful  dictates  hear, 
To  her  the  solemn  midnight  hour  I  give, 
And  ask,  while  musing  on  the  finish'd  year, 
How  I  have  spent  the  time,  and  why  I  live  ? 

5  Jesus,  to  thee,  to  thy  atoning  blood, 
To  thy  unsully'd  righteousness  I  fly  ; 

O  thou,  my  Judge,  my  Saviour,  and  my  God, 
Instruct  me  how  to  live,  and  how  to  die. 

Mrs.  Steele. 


HYMN     XXXVI.       L.  M.         (  &  or  b  ) 
Not  ashamed  or  Christ. 

1  TTESUS  \  and  shall  it  ever  be  ! 

•^  A  mortal  man  ashamed  of  thee  ! 
Ashamed  of  thee  !   whom  angels  praise, 
Whose  glories  shine  through  endless  days:. 

2  Ashamed  of  Jesus  '.  sooner  far, 

Let  evening  blush  to  own  a  star  ;  » 

He  sheds  the  beams  of  light  divine, 
O'er  this  benighted  squl  of  mine. 

3  Ashamed  ot  Jesus  !  just  as  soon, 
Let  midnight  be  ashamed  of  noon  ; 
'Tis  midnight  with  my  soul,  till  he, 
Bright  Morning-Star,  bid  darkness  flee. 

4  Ashamed  of  Jesus',  that  dear  friend, 
On  whom  my  hopes  of  heaven  depend  ! 
No  ;  when  I  blush — be  this  my  shame. 
That  I  no  more  revere  h is  name. 


Book  IV.         HYMN     XXXVH,_  XXXVII I .^^ 

5  Asnamed  of  Jesus  !  yes,  1  may, 
When  I've  no  guiit  to  wash  away  ; 
No  tear  to  wipe-<-no  good  to  crave — 
No  fears  to  quel; — no  soul  to  save   i 

6  Till  then,  nor  is  my  boasting  vain, 
Till  then,  i  boast  a  Saviour  slain  ; 
And  O,  may  this  my  glory  be, 
That  Christ  is  not  ashamed  of  me  I 

7  His  institutions  would  1  prize  ; 

Take  up  my  cross — the  shame  despise  ; 
Dare  to  defend  his  noble  cause, 
And  yield  obedience  to  his  laws. 

Dr.  Ripcon's  Sellx  iion 


HYMN     XXXVIL     C.  M.         (  *  or  b  ) 
For  the  Ordination  of  a  Minister. 

Watching  for  Souls  in  the  View  of  the  great  Account, 
Heb.  xiii,  17. 

1  *[T  ET  Zion's  watchmen  all  awake, 
■**-d  And  take  th'  alarm  they  give  ; 
Now  let  them  from  the  mouth  of  God, 

Their  solemn  charge  receive. 

2  'Tis  not  a  cause  of  small  import 

The  pastor's  care  demands  ; 
But  what  might  fill  an  angel's  heart. 
And  fill'd  a  Saviour's  hands- 

3  They  watch  for  souls,  for  which  the  Lord, 

Did  heavenly  bliss  forego  ; 
For  souls,  which  must  forever  live 
In  rapture  or  in  wo. 

4  All  to  the  great  tribunal  haste, 

Th*  account  to  render  there  ; 
And  should'st  thou  strictly  mark  our  faults, 
Lord,  how  should  we  appear  .' 

5  May  they  that  Jesus,  whom  they  preach; 

Their  own  Redeemer  see  ; 
And  watch  thou  daily  o'er  their  souls, 

That  they  may  watch  for  thee.        Dr.  Doddridge'. 

HYMN     XXXVIII.     C.  M.  (  &  or  b  ) 

On  the  Death  of  a  Child. 


1  "T   IFE  is  a  span,  a  fleeting  hour 
J*-4  How  socn  the  vapour  Hies  ! 


23  HYMN    XXXIX.  Book  IV. 

(Man  is  a  tender,  transient  flower, 
That  e'en  in  blooming  dies. 
2  Death  spreads,  like  winter's  frozen  arras, 
And  beauty  smiles  no  more  ; 
Ah  !   where  are  now  those  rising  charrtfS, 
Which  pleased  our  eyes  before  ! 

4  The  once  loved  form,  now  cold  and  de$d? 

Each  mournful  thought  employs  ; 
And  nature  weeps  her  comforts  flec& 

And  wither'd  all  her  joys. 
A  But  wait  the  interposing  gloom, 

And  lo,  stern  winter  flies  ; 
And  dress'd  in  beauty's  fairest  bloorn, 

The  flowery  tribes  arise. 

5  Hope  looks  beyond  the  bounds  of  tirrCej 

When,  what  we  now  deplore, 
Shall  rise  in  full,  immortal  prime, 

And  bloom,  to  fade  no  more. 
0  Then  cease,  fond  nature,  cease  thy  tea^Sj 

Religion  points  on  high  ; 
There  everlasting  spring  appears, 

And  joys,  that  cannot  die.  Mrs.  Steele. 


HYMN    XXXIX.       Metre,     7«.        (  *  ) 
The  Excellency  of  Public  Worshij^. 

i.  "jir   ORD  of  hosts,  how  lovely  fair, 
J*-^  E'en  on  earth  thy  temples  are  * 
Here  thy  waiting  people  see, 
Much  oi*  heaven,  and  much  of  thee*z 

2  From  thy  gracious  presence  flows 
Bliss,  that  softens  all  our  woes  ; 
While  thy  Spirit's  holy  fire 
Warms  our  hearts  with  pure  desire'. 

3  Here  we  supplicate  thy  throne, 
Here  thou  makest  thy  glories  known  ^ 
Here  we  learn  thy  righteous  ways, 
Taste  thy  love,  and  sing  thy  praise. 

4  Thus  with  festive  songs  of  joy, 
We  our  happy  lives  employ  ; 
Love,  and  long  to  love  thee  more, 

Till  from  earth  to  heaven  we  soar.         D-  Turner. 


BSok  IV.  HYMN     XL,    XLI.  -9 

HYMN    XL.        cTm.         (  *  or  b  ) 

Divine  Forgiveness ind  ivhen    they   had  nothing  to 

fiaiji  he  frankly  forgave  them  both.     Luke  VII,  42. 
.  1  TVjTERCY  is  welcome  news,  indeed, 
IvJl  Xo  those,  who  guilty  stand ; 
Wretches,  who  feel  what  help  they  need, 
Will  bless  the  helping  hand. 
%  Who  rightly  would  his  alms  dispose, 
Must  give  them  to  the  poor  ; 
None  but  the  wounded  patient  knowjs 
The  comforts  of  his  cure. 

3  We  all  have  sinn'd  against  our  God) 

Exception  none  can  boast ; 
But  he,  who  feels  the  heaviest  load," 
Will  priz^  forgiveness  most. 

4  No  reckoning  can  we  rightly  keep,„ 

For  who  the  sums  can  know  ? 
Some  souls  are  fifty  pieces  deep; 
And  some  five  hundred  owe. 

5  But  let  our  debts  be  what  they  mayy 

However  great  or  small  ; 
As  soon  as  we  have  naught  to  pavL 
Our  Lord  forgives  us  all. 

6  'Tis  perfect  poverty  alone, 

That  sets  the  soul  at  large  ; 
While  we  can  call  one  mite  our  own, 

We  have  no  full  discharge.  Hart. 


HYMN     XLI.      L.  M.  ( 

A  Pastor's  Wish  for  nis  People.     Phil.  iy. 
1   IMP  brethren,  from  my  neart  beloved, 

lvJL  Whose  welfare  fills  my  daily  care, 

iVIy  present  joy,  my  future  crown, 

The  word  of  exhortation  hear. 
2f  Stand  fast  upon  the  solid  rock 

Of  the  Redeemer's  righteousness; 

Adorn  the  gospel  with  your  lives, 

And  practise  what  your  lips  profess. 
:>  With  pleasure  meditate  the  hour, 

When  he,  descending  from  the  skies, 

Shall  bid  your  bodies,  frail  and  vile, 

In  his  all  glorious  image,  ri$e> 

Bi  iv.  C>2 


m  HYMN     XLII     XLIW.  Book  IV 


4  Glory  in  his  clear,  honour'd  name, 
To  him  in\T:olabiy  cleave  ; 

Your  all  he  purchased  by  his  blood. 
Nor  let  him  less  than  all  receive. 

5  Such  is  your  pastor's  faithful  charge, 
Whose  soul  desires,  not  yours,  but  you  ; 
O,  may  he  at  the  Lord's  right  hand, 

Himself  and  all  his  people  view.  Dr.  Gibbons, 


HYMN    XLII.       C.  M.  (  X  ) 

Recovery  from  Sickkes?. 
I  TX/lfY  God,  thy  service  well  demands 
^^  The  remnant  of  my  days  ; 
Why  was  this  fleeting  breath  renow'd, 
But  to  renew  thy  praise  ? 
3  Thine  arms  of  everlasting  Jove 
Did  this  weak  frame  sustain, 
When  life  was  hovering  o'er  the  grave, 
And  nature  sunk  with  pain. 

3  Into  thy  hands,  my  Saviour  God, 

Did  i  my  soul  resign, 
In  firm  dependance  on  that  truth, 
Which  made  salvation  mine. 

4  Back  from  the  borders  of  the  grave, 

At  thy  command  I  come  ; 
Nor  would  I  urge  a  speedier  flight, 
To  my  celestial  home. 

5  Where  thou  detcrminest  mine  abode, 

There  would  1  choose  to  be  ; 
For  in  thy  presence  death  is  life, 

And  earth  is  heaven  with  thee*     Dr.  Doddridge. 

HYMN     XLIII.       L.  M.  (  *  ) 

For   New-Year's  Day. 
God's  hel/ung  Hand  reviewed  and  acknowledged. 
i  Sam.  vn,  12. 

1  1\/T  vr  helper,  God  !   I  bless  his  name  ; 

IVJL  The  same  his  power,  his  grace  the  same> 
The  tokens  of  his  friendly  care, 
Open,  and  crown,  and  close  the  year. 

2  I  '-Didst  ten  thousand  dangers  stand) 
Supported  by  his  guardian  hand; 


Book  IV.  HYMN     XLIV,     XLV;  3* 


And  see,  when  I  survey  my  ways, 
Ten  thousand  monuments  of  praise, 

3  Thus  far  his  arm  hath  led  me  on  ; 
Thus  far  1  make  his  mercy  known  \ 
And  while  I  tread  this  desart  land, 
New  mercies  shall  new  songs  demand. 

4  My  grateful  soul,  on  Jordan's  shore, 
Shall  raise  one  sacred  pillar  more; 
Then  bear  in  his  bright  courts  above 
Inscriptions  of  immortal  love.  Dr.  Doddridge, 

HYMN "  XLIVT ~  c7lVL~  (  k  ) 

Winter. 

1  ^["OW  faintly  smile  day's  hasty  hours, 
-*-^    The  fields  and  gardens  mourn  ; 
Nor  ruddy*  fruits,  nor  blooming  flowers, 

Stern  winter's  brow  adorn. 

2  Stern  winter  throws  his  icy  chains, 

Encircling  nature  round  ; 
How  bleak,  how  comfortless  the  plains  I 
Late  with  gay  verdure  crown'd. 

3  The  sun  withdraws  his  vital  beams, 

And  light  and  warmth  depart  ; 
And  drooping,  lifeless,  nature  seertxs 
An  emblem  of  my  heart. 

4  My  heart  where  mental  winter  reigns,. 

In  night's  dark  mantle  clad, 
Confined  in  cold,  inactive  chains, 
How  desolate  and  sad  \ 

5  Ere  long  the  sun,  with  genial  ray, 

Shall  cheer  the  mourning  earth, 
And  blooming  flowers  and  verdure  gay 
Renew  their  annual  birth. 

6  Great  Source  of  Light  I  thy  beams  display 

My  drooping  joys  restore  ; 
And  guide  me  to  the  seats  of  day, 

Where  winter  frowns  no  more.  Mrs.  Steels. 


HYMN     XLV.      C.  M.        (  %  or  (3  ) 

Support  in  the  gracious  Presence  of  God,  under  the  Loss  of 
Ministers,  and  other  useful  Friends.     Josh.  1,  2,  4,  5, 

X  ^TOW  'et  our  mourning  hearts  revive^ 
•*^»  And  all  our  tears  be  dry  j 


£ HYMN     XLVi;  Book  1\\ 


Why  should  those  eyes  be  drown'd  in  grief, 

Which  view  a  Saviour  nigh  ? 
%  What  though  the  arm  of  conquering  deatlr 

Does  God's  own  house  invade  ? 
What  though  the  prophet  and  the  priest 

Be  number'd  with  the  dead  ? 

3  Though  earthly  shepherds  dwell  in  dust; 

The  aged  and  the  young, 
The  watchful  eye  in  darkness  closed^ 
And  mule  th*  instructive  tongue. 

4  Th*  eternal  Shepherd  still  survives, 

New  comfort  to  impart  : 
His  eye  still  guides  us,  and  his  voice 
Still  animates  our  heart. 

5  "  Lo,  I  am  with  you,"  saith  the  Lord; 

"  My  church  shall  safe  abide  ; 

©  For  I  will  ne'er  forsake  my  own, 

"  Whose  souls  in  me  confide." 

6  Through  every  scene  of  life  and  death,-. 

This  promise    is  our  trust  ; 
**  *id  this  shall  be  our  cfcildrens*  songs 

When  we  are  cold  in  dust.  Dr.  Doddridg^. 


HYMN    XLVI.         L.  P.  M.         [  b  J 
Minister's  Reflections  on  the  Death    of    one 
of  ins  People. 
kF  my  dear  flock,  one  more  is  gone, 
T  appear  before  th'  eternal  throne, • 
And  pass  the  grand  decisive  test  ; 
*4  Ashes  to  ashes,  dust  to  dust," 
Surviving  friends,  with  tears  intrust, 
There,  till  the  gen'ral  doom,  to  rest. 
The  soul,  dismi^s'd  from  cumberous  clay? 
Expatiates  in  eternal  day, 
And  with  the  great  Jehovah  dwells  ; 
The  dawn  of  immortality, 
With  scenes  unknown  fills  all  the  eye}- 
And  wonders  vast  and  new  reveals. 
Thus  while  Pin  dreaming  life  awayt* 
Or  books  and  studies  charm  the  day, 
My  flock  is  dying  one  by  one  ; 
Convey'd  beyond  my  warning  voic;,- 
To  endless  pains,  or  endless  joy*? 
For  ever  happy  or  undone,* 


Book  IV.  HYMN    XLVIT,     KLVilL 


4  I  too  ere  long  must  yield  my  breath  ; 

My  mouth,  forever  closed  in  death, 

Shall  sound  the  gospel  trump  no  more  $ 

Then,  while  my  charge  is  in  my  reach^ 

With  fervour  let  me  pray  and  preach, 

And  eager  catch  the  flying  hour  V 
5  Almighty  grace,  my  soul  inspire,  ' 

And  touch    my  lips  with  heavenly  fire  K 

Let  faith,  and  love,  and  zeal  arise  ! 

O,  teach  me  that  divinest  art, 

To  reach  the  conscience,  gain  the  heart., 

And  train  immortals  for  the  skies  ! 

President  Davies-. 


HYMN     XLVII.     L_  IVL  (  #  ) 

Rejoicing  in  ouh  Covenant  Engagements  to  GOc. 
ii  Chron.  xv,  15. 

1  (TT)  happy  day,  that  fix'd  my  choice 
^-^  On  thee,  my  Saviour  and  my  God  ! 
Well  may  this  glowing  heart  rejoice, 
And  tell  its  raptures  all  abroad. 

2  O  happy  bond,  that  seals  my  vows 
To  him,  who  merits  air  my  love  !, 
Let  cheerful  anthems  fill  his  house, 
While  to  that  sacred  shrine  I  move, 

3  'Tis  done,  the  great  transacti3n's  done  jj? 
I  am  my  Lord's  and  he  is  mine  ; 

He  drew  me,  and   I  Followed  on, 

Charm'd  to  confess  the  voice  divined 
-4  Now  rest,  my  long  divided  heart, 

Fix'd  on  this  blissful  centre,  rest ; 

With  ashes,  who  would  mourn  to  part, 

When  call'd  on  angel's  bread  to  feast  ? 
5-  High  heaven,  that  heard  the  solemn  vow, 

That  vow  renew'd  shall  daily  hear  ; 

Till  in  life's  latest  hour  I  bow  ; 

And  bless  in  death  a  bond  so  dear.      Dr.  Doddridgjt 


HYMN     XLVIII.         C.  M.  [  b  J 

On  opening  A  Place  for  Social  Prayer. 

OLORD,  our  languid  souls  inspire, 
For  here  we  trust  thou    1 1  1 
Send  down  a  coal  of  heavenly  fire, 
To  warm  each  waiting  hearty 


34 _11YMN     XLIX.  Book- IV 

2  Dear  Shepherd  of  thy  people,  hear, 

Thy  presence  now  display  ; 
As  thou  hast  given  a  place  for  prayer, 

So  give  us  hearts  to  pray. 
0  Show  us  some  token  of  thy  love, 

Our  fainting  hope  to  raise  ; 
And  pour  thy  blessing  from  above, 

That  we  may  render  praise. 
4  Within  these  wails,  let  holy  praise, 

And  love  and  concord  dwell ; 
Here  give  the  troubled  conscience  east;  * 

The  wounded  spirit  heal. 

3  The  feeling  heart,  the  melting  eye, 

The  humble  mind  bestow  ; 
And  shine  upon  us  from  on  high} 
To  make  our  graces  grow. 
6  May  we  in  faith  receive  thy  word, 
In  faith  present  our  prayers  ; 
And  in  the  presence  of  our  Lord, 
Unbosom  all  our  cares. 
^  And  may  the  gospel's  joyful  sound, 
Enforced  by  mighty  grace, 
Awaken  many  sinners  round, 

To  come  and  fill  the  plac  .  J.  Newton. 


HYMN     XLIX.         L.  M.  (  fc  ) 

On  the  Dangerous  Sickness  of  a  Minister. 
Ti'IOU,  before  whose  gracious  throne, 
We  bow  our  suppliant  spirit  down, 
View  the  sad  breast,  the  streaming  eye, 
And  let  our  sorrows  pierce  the  sky. 

%  Thou  know'st  the  anxious  cares  we  feel. 
And  all  our  trembling  lips  would  tell ; 
Thou  only  canst  assuage  our  grief, 
And  yield  our  wo- fraught  heart  relief. 

3  Though  we  have  sinn'd,  and  justly  dread 
The  vengeance  hov'ring  o'er  our  head  ; 
Yet,  Power  benign,  thy  servant  spare, 
Nor  turn  aside  thy  peoples'  prayer. 

4  Avert  thy  swift  descending  stroke, 
Nor  smite  the  shepherd  of  the  flock, 
Lest  o'er  the  barren  waste  we  stray. 
To  prowling  wolves,  an  easy  prey. 


Book  IV.  HYMN    L. 


y  Restore  him*  sinking  to  the  grave, 

Stretch  out  thine  arm,  make  haste  to  savej 

Back  to  our  hopes  and  wishes  give,, 

And  bid  our  friend  and  father  live. 
5  Bound  to  each  soul  by  tenderest  ties. 

In  every  breast  his  image  lies  ; 

Thy  pitying  aid,  O  God.  import, 

Nor  rend  him  from  each  bleeding  heart. 
7  Yet  if  our  supplications  fail, 

And  prayers  and  tears  can  naught  prevail, 

Condemned  on  this  dark,  desart  coast, 

To  mourn  our  much  loved  leader  loot  ; 
B  Be  thou  his  strength,  be  thou  his  stay, 

Support  him  through  the  gloomy  way  ; 

Comfort  his  soul,  surround  his  bed, 

And  guide  him  through  the  dreary  shade. 
5  Around  him  may  thy  angels  wait, 

Deck'd  with  their  robes  of  heavenly  state, 

To  teach  his  happy  soul  to  rise, 

And  waft  him  to  his  native  skies.       Dr.  Rippon's  Set., 


HYMN     L.         Metre,  8,  3,  6.     (  %  or  ^  ) 
The  Lord's  Prayer.     Mat.  vi,  9 — 15. 
,UR  Father,  whose  eternal  sway 
The  bright,  angelic  hosts  obey, 
O,    lend  a  pitying  ear  \ 
When  on  thy  awful  name  we  call. 
And  at  thy  feet  submissive  fall, 
O.    condescend  to  hear  ! 

Far  may  thy  glorious  reign  extend, 
May  rebels  to  thy  sceptre  bend, 

And  yield  to  sovereign  love  ; 
May  we  take  pleasure  to  fulfil 
The  sacred  dictates  of  thy  will, 

As  angels  do  above. 
From  thy  kind  hand  each  temporal  good, 
Our  raiment  and  our  daily  food, 

In  rich  abundance  come  ; 
Lord,  give  us  still  a  fresh  supply, 
If  thou  withhold'st  thy  hand,  we  die, 

And  fill  the  silent  tomb. 
Pardon  our  sins,  O  God,  that  rise, 
And  call  for  vengeance  from  the  skies ; 


ff3QK  IV.  HYMN     LI. 


36 


And  while  we  arc  forgiven, 
Grajitj  that  revenge  may  never  rest, 
-And  malice  harbour  in  that  breast, 

That  feels  the  love  of  heaven. 
Protect  us  in  the  dangerous  hour, 
And  from  the  wily  tempter's  power, 

O,    set  our  spirits  free  ; 
And  if  temptation  should  assail, 
May  mighty  grace  o'er  all  prevail, 

And  lead  our  hearts  to  thee. 
Thine  is  the  power,  to  thee  belongs 
The  constant  tribute  of  our  songs, 

All  glory  to  thy  name   I 
Let  every  creature  join  our  lays, 
Tn  one  resounding  act  of  praise, 

Thy  wonders  to  proclaim.  J.  Straphak, 


HYMN     LI.       C.  M.  (  %  ) 

Qharity. — fyfilied  to  humane  and  benevolent  Institute*** 
1        \  CdARITY  !  tnou  heavenly  grace  i 
v^  All  tender,  soft  and  kind  ! 
A  friend  to  all  the  human  race, 
To  all  that's  good  inclined  1 

3  The  man  of  charity  extends 

To  ail  his  liberal  hand  -; 
His  kindred,  neighbours,  foes  and  friends, 
His  pity  may  command, 
o  He  aids  the  poor  in  their  distress  ; 
He  hears  when  they  complain  > 
With  tender  heart  delights  to  bless, 
And  lessen  ail  their  pain. 

4  The  sick,  the  prisoner,  poor  and  blind, 

And  all  the  sons  of  grief, 
In  him  a  benefactor  find, 
He  loves  to  give  relief. 
4  'Tis  love  that  makes  religion  sweet : 
"Tit  love  that  makes  us  rise. 
With  willing  mind  and  ardent  feet,- 
Tu  yonder  happy  skies. 
6  Then  let  us  all  in  love  abound, 
And  charity  pursue  ; 
Thus  shall  we  be  with  glory  crown'd* 

Ali$.  love  as  angels  do.  Prod©- 


Book  IV.  HYMN    LII,     UH. 


HYMN     LII.       Metre,  5,  6.  [  *  J 

Praise  for  Salvation. 
UR  Saviour  alone, 
The  Lord,  let  us  bless, 
Who  reigns  on  his  throne, 
The  prince  of  our  peace  ; 
Who  ever  more  saves  us, 
By  shedding  his  blood  ; 
All  hail,  holy  Jesus, 
Our  Lord  and  our  God  I 
We  thankfully  sing 
Thy  glory  and  praise, 
Thou  merciful  spring 
Of  pity  and  grace  ; 
Thy  kindness  forever 
To  men  we  will  tell, 
And  say,  our  dear  Saviour 
Redeems  us  from  hell. 
Preserve  us  in  love, 
While  here  we  abide, 
O,  never  remove 
Thy  presence,  nor  hide 
Thy  glorious  salvation, 
Till  each  of  us  see, 
With  joy  the  bless'd  vision, 
Completed  in  thee.         Dr.  Rippon's  Selection. 

HYiMN    LIII.       C TUT  (  {>  ) 

For  a  New- Year's  Day. 

Reflections  on  our  Waste  of  Years.     Psal.  xc,  & 

EMARK,  my  soul,  the  narrow  bounds 
'  Of  the  revolving  year  ! 
How  swift  the  weeks  complete  their  rounds  ! 
How  short  the  months  appear  I 

2  So  fast  eternity  comes  on, 

And  that  important  day, 
When  a.1,  that  mortal  life  has  done, 
God's  judgment  shall  survev. 

3  Yet,  like  an  idle  tale,  we  pass 

The  swift  advancing  year  ; 
And  study  artful  ways  t'  increase 

The  speed  of  its  career,. 
B\  iv.  D 


HYMN     LIV,    LV.  Book  IV 


4  Waken,  O  God,  my  trifling  heait. 
Its  great  concern  to  see  ; 
That  i  may  act  the  christian  part, 
And  give  the  year  to  thee. 
6  So  shall  their  course  more  grateful  roll, 
If  future  years  arise  ; 
Or  this  shall  hear  my  smiling  soul 

To  joy  (hat  never  dies.  Dr.  Doddridge. 


HYMN     LIV.     Metre,  7,  6,  8.     (  %  or  b  ) 

Backsliding  and  Returning  ;  or,  The  Backslider's 
Prates. 

SAVIOUR,  Prince,  enthroned  above, 
Repentance  to  impart, 
Give  me,  through  thy  dying  love, 
The  humble,  contrite  heart; 
Give,  what  I  have  long  implored, 
A  portion  of  thy  love  unknown  ; 
Turn  and  look  upon  me,  Lord, 
And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 
See  me,  Saviour,  lrom  above, 
Nor  suffer  me  to  die  ; 
Life,  and   happiness,  and  love 
Smile  in  thy  gracious  eye  ; 
Speak  tire  reconciling  word, 
And  let  thy  mercy  melt  me  down  ', 
Turn  and  look  upon  me,  Lord, 

And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 
;  Look,  as  when  thy  pitying  eye 

Was  closed,  that  we  imght  live  ; 

»<  Father,"  (  ai  the  point  to  die. 

My  Saviour  gasp'd  )  «  forgive  !" 

Surely  with  that  dying  word, 

lie  turns,  and  looks,  and  cries,  «  *Tis  done!" 

O,  my  loving,  Weeding  Lord, 

This  breaks  my  heart  of  stone. 

Dr.  Rirrox  s  Select  ion. 


HYMN     LV.        L.  P.  Mi  {  K  ) 

A  General  Thanksgiving. 
AY,  should  we  search  the  globe  arounct. 
>  Where  can  such  happiness  be  found. 


Book  IV.  HYMN     LVI. 


As  dwells  in  this  much  favour'd  land  ? 
Here  plenty  reigns  ;  here  freedom  sheds 
Her  choicest  blessings  on  our  heads  ; 
By  God  supported,  still  we  stand. 

2  Here  commerce  spreads  the  wealthy  store, 
Which  comes  from  every  foreign  shore  ; 
Science  and  art  their  charms  display  ; 
Religion  teaches  us  to  rai.se 

Our  voices  in  our  Maker's  praise, 

As  truth  and  conscience  point  the  way. 

3  These  are  thy  gifts,  almighty  King  I 
From  thee  our  matchless  blessings  spring  ; 
Th'  extended  shade,  the  fruitful  skies, 
The  raptures  liberty  bestows, 

Th'  eternal  joys  the  gospel  shows, 
All  from  thy  boundless  goodness  rise. 

4  With  grateful  hearts,  with  cheerful  tongues. 
To  God  we  raise  united  songs  ; 

His  power  and  mercy  we  proclaim  ; 
And  still,  through  every  age  shall  own, 
Jehovah  here  hath  fix'd  his  throne, 
And  triumph  in  his  mighty  name. 

3  Long  as  the  moon  her  course  shall  run, 
Or  man  behold  the  circling  sun, 
May'st  thou  o'er  fair  Columbia  reign  ; 
Still  crown  her  counsels  with  success, 
With  peace  and  joy  her  borders  ble^s, 

*  And  all  her  sacred  rights  maintain. 


Dr.  Rippon's  Selection* 


HYMN    LVI.         C    M.  (  b  ) 

On  a  Public  Fast. 
EE,  gracious  God,  before  thy  throne, 
Thy  mourning  people  bend  ! 
?Tis  on  thy  sovereign  grace  alone 

Our  humble  hopes  depend. 
Tremendous  judgments  from  thy  hand 

Thy  dreadful  power  display; 
Yet  mercy  spares  this  guilty  land, 

And  yet  we  live  to  pray. 
Great  God,  and  is  our  country  spared, 

Ungrateful  as  we  are  ? 
Oj  be  thine  awful  warnings  heard, 
While  mercy  cries,  Forbear! 


4J)  HYMN     L.VII,    LVIIL  Boox  IV 


4  How  changed,  ala&  I  are  truths  divin©3 

For  error,  guilt,  and  shame  I 
What  impious  numbers,  bold  in  sin, 
Disgrace  the  christian  name  1 

5  O,  bid  us  turn,  almighty  Lord,  v 

By  thy  resistless  grace  ; 
Then  shall  our  hearts  obey  thy  word$ 

And  humbly  seek  thy  face. 
0  Then,  should  insulting  foes  invade* 

We  shall  not  sink  in  fear ; 
Secure  of  never-failing  aid, 

If  God,  our  God,  is  near.  Mrs.  Steele^ 


HYMN    LVII.       S.  M.  [  $  % 

A  Morning  Hymn. 
h      QEE>  h<>w  tne  mounting  6un 
O  Pursues  his  shining  way  ! 
And  wide  proclaims  his  Maker's  praise) 
With  every  bright'ning  ray. 
$      Thus  would  my  rising  soul 
Its  heavenly  Parent  sing, 
And  to  its  great  Original 
The  humble  tribute  bring. 
a-       Serene  I  laid  me  down 

Beneath  his  guardian  care  ; 
I  slept,  and  I  awoke,  and  found' 
My  kind  Preserver  near  ! 

4  Thus  does  thine  arm  support 
This  weak,  defenceless  frame  ; 

13 ut  whence  these  favours,  Lord,  to  tfte-> 
All  worthless  as  I  am  i 

5  My  life  I  would  anew 
Devote,  O  Lord,  to  thee, 

And  in  thy  service  I  would  spend 

A  long  eternity.  Dr.  Rippon's  Sctectity. 


HYMN    LVIII.      CM.  [  *  or  fc  } 

Christ's  condescending  Regard  to   little 
Children.     Mark  x,  14, 
>  OIvF.  Israel's  gentle  shepherd  stand, 
O)  With  all-engagmg  charms; 
Hark,  how  he  calls  the  tender  lambs. 
And  folds  them  in  his  arms  N 


Book  IV.  HYMN     LIX.  41 


2  «  Permit  them  to  approach,"  he  cries, 

"  Nor  scorn  their  humble  name  ; 
"For  'twas  to  bless  such  souls  as  these 
"  The  Lord  of  angels  came." 

3  We  bring  them,  Lord,  in  thankful  hands, 

And  yield  them  up  to  thee  ; 
Joyful,  that  we  ourselves  are  thine, 
Thine  let  our  offspring  be. 

4  Ye  little  flock,  with  pleasure  hear  \ 

Ye  children,  seek  his  face; 
And  fly  with  transport,  to  receive 
The  blessings  of  his  grace. 
o  If  orphans  they  are  left  behind, 
Thy  guardian  care  we  trust ; 
That  care  shall  heal  our  bleeding  hearts, 
If  weeping  o\#  their  dust. 

Dr.  Doddridg*. 


HYMN    LIX.       L.  M.  (  b  ) 

A  Church  seeking  Direction  from  God  in  the  Choicr 
o/flPASTOR.    Ezra  viii,  2i. 

1  Q HEPHERD  of  Israel,  bend  thine  ear, 
^3  Thy  servants'  groans  indulgent  heard 
Perplex'd,  distress'd,  to  thee  we  cry, 
And  seek  the  guidance  of  thine  eye. 

2  Thy  comprehensive  view  surveys- 

Our  wandering  paths,  our  trackless  ways^. 
Send  forth,  O  Lord,  thy  truth  and  light, 
To  guide  our  doubtful  footsteps  right. 

3  With  longing  eyes,  behold,  we  wait, 
In  suppliant  crowds  at  mercy's  gate  ; 
Our  drooping  hearts,  ()  God,  sustain  ; 
Shall  Israel  seek  thy  face  in  vain  I 

4  O  Lord,  in  ways  of  peace  return, 
Nor  let  thy  flock  neglected  mourn  ; 
May  our  bless'd  eyes  a  shepherd  see, 
Dear  to  our  souis,  and  dear  to  thee.    ' 

5  Fed  by  his  care,  our  tongues  shall  raise 
A  cheerful  tribute  to  thy  praise  ; 

Our  children  learn  the  grateful  song, 
And  theirs  the  cheerful  notes  prolong. 

_  D.r.  Do&drI&gJ^ 

B.  iv.  D  2 


44  HYMN     LX,     LXI.  Book  IV. 


HYMN     LX.       C.  M.  (  %  ) 

A  Wedding  Hymn. 
I   OINCE  Jesus  freely  did  appear 
i2)  To  grace  a  marriage  feast  ; 
O  Lord,  we  ask  thy  presence  here, 
To  make  a  wedding  bles&'d. 
2-  Upon  the  bridal  pair  look  down, 
Who  now  have  plighted  hands  ; 
Their  union  with  thy  favour  crown, 
And  bless  the  nuptial  bands. 

3.  With  gifts  of  grace  their  hearts  endow, 
Of  all  rich  dowries  best  I 
Their  substance  bless,  and  peace  bestow, 
To  sweeten  ail  the  rest. 

4  In  purest  love  their  souls  unite, 

That  they  with  christian  care 
"May  make  domestic  burdens  light. 
By  taking  mutual  share. 

5  As  Isaac  and  Rebecca  give 

A  pattern  chaste  and  kind  ; 

So  may  this  married  couple  live, 

And  die  in  friendship  jo  n'd. 

6  On  every  soul  assembled  here, 

O,  make  thy  face  to  shine  ! 
Thy  goodness  more  our  hearts  oan  cheer, 
Than  richest  food  and  wine. 

Dr.  Rippon's  Selection. 


HYMN    LXI.         L.  M.  (  b 

On  the  Death  op  a  CniLDa 
GO  fades  the  lovely,  blooming  flower, 
^  Frail,  smiling  solace  of  an  hour! 
So  soon  our  transient  comforts  fly, 
And  pleasure  only  blooms  to  die  ! 
To  certain  trouble  we  are  born, 
Hope  to  rejoice,  but  sure  to  mourn  : 
Ah,  wretched  effort  !  sad  relief, 
To  plead  necessity  of  grief  ! 
Is  there  no  kind,  no  lenient  aFt, 
To  heal  the  anguish  of  the  heart  £ 
To  ease  the  heavy  load  of  care, 
Which  nature  must,  but  cannot  b?ar  * 


Book  IV.  HYMN     LXII.  4S 


Can  reason's  dictates  be  obey'd  ? 
Too  weak,  alas,  her  strongest  aid  I 
O,  let  religion  then  be  nigh, 
Her  comforts  were  not  made  to  die. 
Her  powerful  aid  supports  the  soul, 
And  nature  owns  her  kind  control  ; 
While  she  unfolds  the  sacred  page, 
Our  fiercest  griefs  resign  their  rage. 
Then  gentle  patience  smiles  on  pain, 
And  dying  hope  revives  again  ; 
Hope  wipes  the  tear  from  sorrow's  eye, 
And  faith  points  upward  to  the  sky. 

The  promise  guides  her  ardent  flight, 
And  joys,  unknown  to  sense,  invite, 
Those  blissful  regions  to  explore, 
Where  pleasure  blooms  to  fade  no  more. 

Mrs.  Steele. 


HYMN     LXII.       CM.  [  ^  j 

Dissolution  of  the  Conjugal  Connexion)  or  t$e 
Death  of  a  Wife  and  a  Mother. 

1  CWEET  are  the  joys  erf  social  life. 

They  move  a  feeling  heart  ; 

But  tender  bands  must  all  dissolve, 

Lovers  and  friends  must  part. 

2  Gone  is  a  friend  of  twofold  tie, 

A  mother,  and  a  wife  ; 
How  does  the  living  partner  mourn  ^i 
How  gloomy  h  his  life  ! 

3  And  see  the  tender  offspring  too, 

The  branches  of  the  vine  ; 
They  languish  for  their  native  stock, 
And  round  a  father  twine. 

4  What  once  a  common  charge  was  feTt> 

Alone  the  father  bears  ; 
He  feels  his  own,  and  childrens'  loss;, 
And  double  are  his  cares. 

5  But  God  is  able  to  support, 

And  will  impart  his  grace 
To  -all  who  put  their  trust  in  him, 
And  humbly  seek  his  face. 

6  Our  Saviour  God  will  hear  our  cries  ^ 

In  grief  we  share  his  love  ; 


44  HYMN    LXlft,     LXIV.  Book  IV. 


He  sees  the  mourner  in  distress, 

And  feels  his  pity  move. 
To  Jesus  make  your  sorrows  known, 

And  banish  all  your  fears  ; 
His  hand  shall  raise  your  sinking  hopes, 

And  wipe  away  your  tears. 


HYMN    LXIII.      CM.  (  b  > 

Summer,  or  all  Flesh  like  Grass.     Isaiah  xl,  6 — €. 

1  ripHE  grass  and  flowers,  which  clothe  the  field, 

*"■  And  look  so  green  and  gay, 
Touch'd  by  the  scythe,  defenceless  yield, 
And  fall  and  fade  away. 

2  Fit  emblem  of  our  mortal  state  ! 

Thus  in  the  scripture  glass, 
The  young,  the  strong,  the  wise,  the  great,. 
May  see  themselves  but  grass. 

S  Ah  !  trust  not  to  your  fleeting  breath,. 
Nor  call  your  time  your  own  ; 
Around  you  see  the  scythe  of  death 
Is  mowing  thousands  down. 

4  And  you,  who  hitherto  are  spared,. 

Must  shortly  yield  your  lives  ; 
Your  wisdom  is  to  be  prepared 
Before  the  stroke  arrives. 

5  The  gtass,  when  dead,  revives  no  more  ; 

You  die  to  live  again  ; 
But  O,  if  death  should  prove  the  doof 
To   everlasting  pain  ; 

6  Lord,  help  us  to  obey  thy  call, 

That  from  our  sins  set  free  ; 
When  like  the  grass  our  bodies  fail, 

Our  souls  may  spring  to  thee  !  J.  Newton. 


HYMN     LXIV.       C  M.  (  fc  ) 

On  a  Season  of  threatening  Drought. 
i  nPHE  spring,  great  God,  at  thy  command, 
jL    Leads  forth  the  smiling  year  ; 
Gay  verdure,  foliage,  blooms,  and  flowers^ 
T*  adorn   her  reign,  appear. 
2  But  soon  canst  thou,  in  righteous  wrath,- 
Blast  all  the  promised  joy  j 


Book  IV.  HYiMN     LXV.  4s 

-  -   ^  ■■  '  * 

And  elements  await  thy  nodj 
To  bless  or  to  destroy . 
2  The  sun,  thy  minister  of  love, 
That,  from  the  naked  ground, 
Calls  forth  the  hidden  seeds  to  birth, 
And  spreads  their  beauties  round* 

4  At  the  dread  order  of  his  God, 
Now  darts  destructive  fires  ; 
Hills,  plains,  and  vales  are  parch'd  with  drought^ 
And  blooming  life  expires, 
a  Like  burnish'd  brass  the  heaven  around* 
In  angry  terror  burns  ; 
While  the  earth  lies  a  joyless  waste* 
And  into  iron  turns. 


Pity  us,  Lord,  in  our  distress, 

Nor  with  our  land  contend  ; 
Bid  the  avenging  skies  relent, 

And  showers  of  mercy  send.  Dr.  Gibbo$*. 


i 


HYMN    LXV.      L.  M.        (  *  or  b  ) 

On  the  Death  of  a  Father. 

1  *"tpHOUGH  nature's  voice  you  must  obey, 
JL    Think,  while  your  swelling  griefs  o'erfloW, 

That  hand,  which  takes  your  joys  away, 

That  sovereign  hand  can  heal  your  wo. 
.2  And  while  your  mournful  thoughts  deplor£ 

The  father  gone,  removed  the  friend  1 

With  heart  resigned  his  grace  adore, 

On  whom  your  nobler  hopes  depend. 

3  Does  he  not  bid  his  children  rise, 

Through  death's  dark  shade,  to  rearms  of  light  ? 
Yet  when  he  calls  them  to  the  skies, 
Shall  fond  survivors  mourn  their  flight  ? 

4  His  word  (  here  let  yuifr  soul  rely  ) 
Immortal  consolation  gives  ; 
Your  heavenly  Father  cannot  diet 
Jesus,  the  friend,  forever  lives. 

5  O,  be  that  dearest  friend  your  trust. 
On  his  almighty  arm  recline  ; 

He,  when  your  comforts  sink  in  dust) 

Can  give  you  blessings  more  divine*     Mrs,  Steele 


46  HYMN     LXVI,     LXVII.  Book  IV 


HYMN    LXVI.       C.  M.  (  *  or  fc  ) 

Children  Dying  hi  M«>Infancy,  ir.  the  Arms  of 
Jesus.     Malt,  xix,  »4. 

1  'TpHY  life  I  read,  my  dearest  Lord, 

*     With  transport  all  divine  ; 
Thine  image  trace  in  every  word. 
Thy  love  in  every  line. 

2  Methfnks  I  see  a  thousand  charms 

Spread  o'er  thy  lovely  face, 
While  infants,  in  thy  tender  arms,', 
Receive  the  smiling  grace. 

3  «  I  take  these  little  lambs,"  said  he, 

"  And  lay  them  on  my  breast ; 
K  Protection  they  shall  find  in  me, 
"  In  me  be  ever  bless'd. 
\  <;  Death  m.iy  the  bands  of  life  unloose, 
^  But  can't  dissolve  my  love  ; 
«<  Millions  of  infant  souls  compose 
"  The  family  above. 

5  «  Their  feeble  frames  my  power  shall  raise 

"  And  mould  with  heavenly  skill ; 
"  I'll  give  them  tongues  to  sing  my  praise, 
"  And  hands  to  do  my  will.5' 

6  His  words  the  grateful  parenis  hear, 

And  shout  with  joys  divine  ; 
Dear  Saviour,  all  we  have  and  are 

Shall  be  forever  thine.  Dr.  S.  Stennett, 


HYMN     LXVII.       S.  M.  (  fc  ) 

The  Vanity  of  Worldly  Schemes,  inferred  from  thi 
Uncertainty  ^Life.     James  iv,  13,  14,  15. 

TO-MORROW,  Lord,  is  thine, 
Lodged  in  thy  sovereign  hand  ; 
And  if  its  sun  arise  and  shine, 
It  shines  by  thy  command 
!       The  present  moment  flies, 
And  bears  our  life  away  ; 
O,  make  thy  servants  truly  wise. 
That  they  may  live  to-day. 
Since  on  this  winged  hour, 
Eternity  is  him&i 
Waken,  by  thine  almighty  power* 
The  aged  and  the  young. 


Book  IV.  HYMN     LXVIII,    LXIX.  47 


One  thing  demands  our  care, 

O,  be  it  still  pursued  1 
Lest  slighted  once,  tne  season  fair 

Should  never  be  renew'd. 

To  Jtsus  may  we  fly, 

Swift  as  the  morning  light, 
Lest  lift's  young  golden  beams  should  die, 

In  sudden,  endlest  nignt.  Dr  Doddridge. 


HYMN     LXVIII.       L,  M.  (  ^  ) 

Map.kiage. 
*    rTT,0  nature's  God  devoutly  raise 

X     Your  grateful  voice  in  songs  of  praise  ; 
11  is  he,  who  form'd  the  human  kind, 
And  gave  to  man  the  social  mind  ; 

2  Made  teen's  beauties  round  him  rise, 
And crown'd  him  lord  below  the  skies. 
But  what  were  Eden's  charming  bowers, 
To  lonely  man,  wit  I.   atrial  powers  ? 

3  He  wants  a  friend  !  what  can  atone  ? 
Man  was  not  made  to  be  alone. 
'Tis  from  the  social  state,  that  flow 
The  sweetest  pleasures  here  below. 

4  The  God  of  heaven  was  pleased  to  make 
A  blooming  Eve,  for  Adam's  sake  ; 
Then  jcin'd  their  hearts  in  bands  of  lovej, 
And  sent  them  blessings  from  above. 

5  Then  sacred  be  the  plighted  hand. 
And  sacred  be  the  marriage  band  ; 
May  love  from  each  to  oiherbeam, 
And  virtue  be  their  constant  theme. 

6  And  when  death  cuts  the  vital  cord, 
May  each  be  wedded  to  the  Lord  ; 

To  share  with  saints  the  bliss  of  heaven, 
Bliss  purer,  than  by  marriage  given. 


HYMN    LXIX.       C.  M.  (  %  ) 

Summer — a   Harvest  Hymn*. 

TO  praise  the  ever  bounteous  Lord, 
My  soul,  wake  all  thy  powers  ; 
-He  calls,  and  at  his  voice  come  forth 
The  smiling  harvest  hours; 


48  HYMN     LXX.  Book  IV 

"^—— ————»"  ■■■!        !■■»   ■■   m    I— I— — — iim^m^ 


H.s  cov'nant  with  trie  earth  he  keeps  j 

My  tongue,  ms  goodness  sing ; 
Summer  and  winter  know  their  time, 

His  harvest  crowns  the  spring. 
Vel!  pleased  the  toiling  swains  behold 

The  waving,  yellow  crop  ; 
With  joy  they  bear  the  sheaves  away, 

And  sow  again  m  hope. 
Thus  teach  me,  gracious  God,  to  sow 

The  seeds  of  li^hicousness  ; 
Smile  on  my  soul,  and  with  thy  beams, 

The  ripening  harvest  bless. 
Then  in  the  last  great  harvest,  I 

Shall  reap  a  glorious  crop  ; 
The   narvest  shall  by  hv  exceed 

What  I  have  sow'd  in  hope. 

Dr.  Rippon's  Selection, 


HYMN     LXX.       L.  M.  (  *  ) 

On  the  Devastation  o/"Fire;  fiarticularly  in  Cities 
and  Villages.* 

[TEARIED  by  dav  with  toil  and  cares, 
How  welcome  is  the  peaceful  night ! 
Sweet  sleep  our  wasted  strength  repairs, 
And  fits  us  for  returning  light. 

2  Yet  when  our  eyes  in  sleep  are  slosed, 
Our  rest  may  break  ere  well  begun  ; 
To  dangers,  every  hour  exposed 

We  neither  can  foresee  nor  shun. 

3  'Tis  of  the  Lord,  that  we  can  sleep, 
A  single  night  without  alarms  ; 
His  eye  alone  our  lives  can  keep, 
Secure  amidst  a  thousand  harms. 

&  For  'months  and  years  of  safety  past, 

Ungrateful  we,  alas  !  have  been  : 

Though  patient  long,  he  spoke  at  last, 

And  bid  the  fire  rebuke  our  sin. 
ff.  The  shout  of  lire  i  a   dreadful  cry, 

Impress'd  each  heart  with  deep  dismay  , 

While  the  fierce  blaze  and  red'ning  sky, 

Made  midnight  wear  the  face  of  day. 

* '■Occasioned  by  the  Fire  at  Otney,  Sept.  22,   l-w.r 


Book  IV.  HYMN     LXXT,     LXXII.  49 


6  The  throng  and  terrour,  who  can  speak  1 
The  various  sounds,  that  fiJI'd  the  air  ! 
The  infant's  war],  the  mother's  shriek, 
The  voice  of  blasphemy  and  prayer  ? 

7  But  prayer  prevail'd,  and  saved  the  town, 
For  they,  who  loved  the  Saviour's  name, 
Were  heard,   and  mercy  hasted  down, 
To  check  the  rage — to  stop  the  flame. 

8  O,  may  the  scene  be  ne'er  forgot  ! 
Lord,  still  increase  thy  praying  few  ; 
Were  cities  left  without  a  Lot, 
Ruin,  like  Sodom's,  would  ensue. 

J.  Newtosj, 


HYMN    LXXI.       L.  M.  (  *  ) 

God  ready  to  Forgive  ;  or,  Despair  SiNruL, 
-   \^/H ^T  mean  these  jealousies  and  fears  ■? 
As  if  the  Lora  was  loth  to  save, 
Or  loved  to  see  us  drench'd  in  tears, 
And  sink  with  sorrow  to  the  grave  I 

2  Does  he  want  slaves  to  grace  his  throne  ? 
Or  rules  he  by  an  iron  rod  ? 

Loves  he  the  deep,  despairing  groan  ? 
Is  he  a  tyrant,  or  a  God  ? 

3  Not  all  the  sins,  which   we  have  wrougnt, 
So  much  his  tender  bowels  grieve. 

As  this  unkind,  injurious  thought, 
That  he's  unwilling  to  forgive. 

4  «  I've  found  a  ransom,"  saith  the  Lord, 
"  No  humble  penitent  shall  die  ;" 
Lord,  we  would  now  believe  thy  word, 

And  thy  unbounded  mercies  try.  Stogdox 


HYMN     LXXII.        C.  INT.  (  b  5 

On  the  Death  of  a  Youxc   Person. 
IEN  blooming  youth  is  snatch'd  away, 
By  death's  resistless  hand, 
Our  hearts  the  mournful  tribute  pay, 
Which  pity  must  demand. 
f  While  pity  prompts  the  rising  sig*, 

O,  may  this  truth,  im$ress'd     r' 
B*  iv.  E 


50  HYMN    LXXIII,    LXXIV.  Book  IV, 


With  awful  power— 1  too  must  die- 
Sink  deep  in  every  breast. 

3  Let  this  vain  world  engage  no  more  ♦, 

Behold  the  gaping  tomb  ! 
It  bids  us  seize  the  present  hour, 
To-morrow,  death  may  come. 

4  The  voice  of  this  alarming   scene 

May  every  heart  obey, 
Nor  be  the  heavenly  warning  vain, 
Which  calls  to  watch  and  pray. 

5  O,  let  us  fly,  to  Jesus  fly, 

Whose  powerful  arm  can  save ; 
Then  shall  our  hopes  ascend  on  high* 
And  triumph  o'er  the  grave. 

6.  Great  God,  thy  sovereign  grace  imparl. 
With  cleansing,  healing  power; 
This  only  can  prepare  the   heart 

For  death's  surprizing  hour.  Mrs.  Steel*. 


HYMN     LXXIII.       L.  M.         (  *  or  b  > 
Spring  and  Autumn. 
"HEN  spring  displays  her  various  sweets* 
And  opening  blossoms  cheer  the  eyes, 
And  fancy  every  beauty  meets, 
Whence  does  the  pleasing  transport  rise  ? 
Soon  will  their  transient  date  expire, 
They  fly  and  mock  the  fond  pursuit  ; 
New  pleasures  there  the  thought  inspire, 
And  bounteous  Autumn  yields  her  fruit. 
Thus,  when  the  spring  of  youth  decays, 
Though  deck'd  with  blossoms  sweet  and  fair, 
Autumn  a  nobler  scene  displays, 
If  fruits  of  virtue  flourish  there. 
For  this  the  vernal  buds  arise  ; 
But  if  no  useful  virtues  grow, 
Their  worthless  beauty  quickly  flies, 
And  blossoms  only  served  for  show.      Mrs.  Steele. 


HYMN     LXXIV.       L.  M.  (  X  ) 

Social    Worship.     Matt,  xvm,    20. 
HERE  two  or  three,  with  sweet  accord, 
Obedient  to  their  sovereign  Lord, 


B    IV.  HYMN     LXXV,     LXXVI.  51 


Meet  to  recount  his  acts  of  grace, 
And  offer  solemn  prayer  and  praise  ; 

2  "  There,"  says  the  Saviour,  "  will  I  be, 
"  Amidst  this  little  company  ; 

"  To  them  unveil  my  smiling  face, 

"  And  shed  my  glories  round  the  place." 

3  We  meet  at  thy  command,  dear  Lord. 
Relying  on  thy  faithful  word  ; 

Now  send  thy  Spirit  from  above, 
Now  fill  our  hearts  with  heavenly  love. 

Dr.  S.  Stensett, 


HYMN     LXXV.       L.  M.  (  %  or  b  ) 

A  Hymn  for  Charitable  Societies. 
The  Beneficence  of  Chris  f  for  our  Imitation.     Acts  x,  38; 

1  \\7  HEN  Jesus  dwelt  in  mortal  clay, 

VV     What  were  his  works  from  day  to  day. 
But  miracles  of  power  and  grace, 
That  spread  salvation  through  our  race ? 

2  Teach  us,  O  Lord,  to  keep  in  view, 
Thy  patter     and  thy  steps  pursue  ; 
Let  alms  be.     "'d,  let  kindness  doney 
Be  witness'd  by  L*  '    rolling  sun. 

3  That  man  may  last,  but  never  lives, 
Who  much  receives,  but  nothing  gives  f 
Whom  none  can  love,  whom  none  can  tb-ank? 
Creation's  blot,  creation's  blank  ! 

4  But  he,  who  marks  from  day  to  day, 
In  generous  acts,  his  radiant  way, 
Treads  the  same  path,  his  Saviour  trod. 

The  path  to  glory  and  to  God.  Dr.  Gibbon**. 


HYMN     LXXVI.      L..M.  (  fc  } 

For  a  Fast-Day. — National  Judgments  deprecated '. 


ITTT  HILE  justice  waves  her  vengeful  band; 
V V     Tremendous  o'er  a  guilty  land, 
Almighty  God,  thy  awful  power, 


With  fear  and  trembling  we  adore. 
2  Where  shall  we  fly,  but  to  thy  feet  ? 
Our  only  refuge  is  thy  seat  ; 
Thy  seat,  where  potent  mercy  pleads;,/ 
And  holds  thy  thunder  from  our  heads/ 


HYMN  LXXVII,  LXXVIIL.  Book  IV'. 


Look  down,  O  Lord,  with  pitying  eye  ; 

Thcughrloud  our  crimes  for  vengeance  cry, 

Let  merry's  louder  voice  prevail, 

Nor  thy  long-suffering-  patience  fail, 

Encouraged  by  thy  sacred  word, 

May  we  Dot  plead  the  bless'd  record, 

That  when  a  humbled  nation  mourns, 

Thy  rising  wrath  to  pity  turns  ? 

O,  let  thy  sovereign  grace  impart 

Contrition  to  each  rocky  heart, 

And  bid  sincere  repentance  flow, 

A  gen'ral,  undissembled  wo.  Mrs.  Steele. 


1, 


HYMN     LXXVIL       C.  M.  (  b  ) 

On  an   Eclipse  of   the  Sun  or  Moon. 

WHILE  many,  with  unmeaning  eye, 
Gaze  on  thy  works  in  vain, 
Assist  nv,  Lord,  that  I  may  try 
instruction  to  obtain. 

2  Fain  wouid  my  thankful  heart  and  lips 

Unite  in  praise  to  thee  ; 
And  med it-ate   on  thy  eclipse 
In  sad  Gethsemane. 

3  Thy  people's  guiit,  a  heavy  load, 

When  standing  in  their  room, 

Deprived  thee  of  the  light  of  God, 

And  fill'd  thy  soui  with  gloom. 

4  How  punctually  eclipses  move, 

Obedient  tq  thy  will  I 
Thus  shall  thy   faithfulness  and  love 
Thy  promises  fulfil. 
5'  Dark,  like  the  moon  without  the  sun, 
I  mourn  thy  absence,  Lord  ! 
For  light  or  comfort,  I  have  none, 
But  what  thy  beams  afford. 
6  But  lo  1  the  hour  draws  near  apace, 
When  changes  shall  be  o'er; 
Then  I  shall  see  thee  face  to  face, 

And  be  eclipsed  no  more.  J.  Newton. 


HYMN     LXXVIIL     Metre,  lis.         (  %  ) 
--Emmanuel. — A  Hymn  for  Christmas, 

I     »»  fllLE  shepherds  in  Jewry  were  guarding  their  sheep^ 
Promiscuously  seated^  estranged  from  sleep, 


Book  IVV  HYMN     LXXIX.  5; 


An  angel  from  heaven  presented  to  view, 
And  thus  he  accosted  the  trembling  few  : 
Dispel  all  your  sorrows,  and  banish  your  fears, 
For  Jesus,  your  Saviour,  in  Jewry  appears. 

2  Though  Adam  the  first  in  rebellion  was  found, 
Forbidden  to  tarry  on  hallowed  ground  ; 

Yet  Adam  the  second  appears,  to  retrieve 
The  loss  you  sustain'd  by  the  Devil  and  Eve. 
Then,    Shepherds,  be  tranquil ;  this  instant  arise, 
Go,  visit  your  Saviour,  and  see  where  he  lies. 

3  A  token  I  leave  you,  whereby  you  may  find 
This  heavenly  Stranger,  this  Friend  to  mankind  ; 

A  manger,  his  cradle,  a   stall,  his  abode,  \ 

.The  oxen  are  near  him,  and  blow  on  your  God. 
Then,  Shepherds,  be  humble,  be  meek  and  lie  /or:'. 
For  Jesus,  your  Saviour's  abundantly  so. 

4  This  wonderous  story  scarce  cool'd  on  the  ear, 
When  thousands  of  angels   in  glory  appear; 
They  join  in  the  concert,  and  this  is  the  theme,. 
All  glory  to  God,  and  good  will  towards  men. 

Then,  Shepherds,  strike  in,  join  your  voice  to  the  choir j 

And  catch  afevj  sparks  of  celestial  fire. 
.5'  Hosanna  '.  the  angels  in  extacy  cry, 

Hosanna  !   the  wondering  shepherds  reply  ; 
Salvation,  redemption,  are  center*  d  in  one, 
All  glory  to  God,  for  the  birth  of  his  Son. 

Then,  Shepherds,  adieu — we  commend  you  to  God,\ 

Go  visit  the  Son,  in  his  humble  abode.  Axon. 


HYMN     LXXIX.       C.  M.  [  *  ] 

The  Encouragement  young  Person^ /teue  to  Seek  and 

Love  Christ.     Prov.  vni,  17. 
>  "^^E  hearts,  with  youthful  vigour  warm, 
■•*•    In  smiling  crowds,  draw  near, 
And  turn  from  every  mortal  charm., 
A  Saviour's  Voice  to  hear. 

2  He,  Lord  of  all  the  worlds  on  high, 
Stoops  to  converse  with  you  ; 
And  lays  his  radiant  glories  by, 
Your  friendship  to  pursue. 
;>  «  The  soul,  that  longs  to  see  my  faceT 
"  Is  sure  my  love  to  gain  j 
E2 


54  HYMN    LXXX.  Book  IV 


"  And  those,  who  early  seek  my  grace, 
"  Shall  never  seek  in  vain." 

What  object,  Lord,  my  soul  should  move* 

If  once  compared  with  thee  ? 
What  beauty  should  command  my  love> 

Like  what  in  Christ'  I  see  ? 

Away,  ye  false,  delusive  toys, 
,    Vain  tempters  of  the  mind  I 
'Tis  here  I  fix  my  lasting  choice, 

And  here  true  bliss  I  find.  Dr.  Doddridgje* 


HYMN     LXXX.       G.    M.         (  *  or  b  ) 

CoMFOHT/or  Pious  Parents,  who  have  been  Bereaved 
of  their  Children.     Isaiah  lyi,  4,  5. 

YE  mourning  saints,  whose  streaming  tears 
Flow  o'er  your  children  dead, 
Say  not  in  transports  of  despair, 
That  all  your  hopes  are  fled. 
t  While  cleaving  to  that  darling,  dust, 
In  fond  distress  ye  lie, 
Rise,  and  with  joy  and  rev'rence  view 
A  heavenly  Parent  nigh. 
%  Though  your  young  branches  torn  aw;ay;j 
Like  wither'd  trunks,  ye  stand, 
With  fairer  verdure  shall  ye  bloom 
Touch'd  by-th'  Almighty's  hand. 

4  "  I'll  give  the  mourner,"  saith  the  I^&d, 

"  In  my  own  house  a  place  ; 
t4No  names  of  daughters  and  of  sons 
"  Could  yield  so  high  a  grace. 

5  «  Transient  and  vain  is  every  hope, 

"  A  rising  race  can  give  ; 
«In  endless  honour  and  delig1^, 
—    "  My  children  all  shall  live" 
6^  We  welcome,  Lord,  those  rising  tears, 
Through  which  thy  face  we  see, 
And  bless  those  wounds,  which  through  our  hearts* 
Prepare  a  way  for  thee.  Dr.  Doddridgf;'. 


END  OF  THE  FOURTH  JBOQK^. 


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INDEX, 

OR, 
TABLE  to  find  any  HYMN  by  its  Title  or  Contewt^ 


Note, — The  Letters,  i  ii  iii   signify  the  first,  second,  arid 
third  Book :     The  Figures  direct  to  the  Hymn,     If  you  find 
not  what  Hymn  you  seek  under  one  Word  of  the    Title 
seek  it  wider  ano  her,  or  by  some  Word  that  is  of  the  same- 
Signification,  though  perhaps  not  mentioned  in  its  Tale, 

A' 
A  ARON  and  Christ,  i   145. 

•*^   Moses  and  Joshua,  ii    i24. 
.     Abraham's  blessing  on  the  Gentiles,    i  60,  u3,    u4  j    ft 
lr34  ;  offering  his  son,  i    129. 

Absence  and  presence  cf  God,  ii  93,  94,  iOO  ;  frem  God 
forever  intolerable,  ii  107. 

Access  to  the  throne  by  a  Mediator,    ii  i08. 

Adam,  his  fall,  i  107;  corrupt  nature  from  him,  ii  i28j. 
the  first  and  the  second,  i   5  7,  124. 

Adoption,   i  64,  143;  and  election,   i  54? 

Advocate.     See  Christ's  intercession. 

Affections  inconstant,   ii  20;  unsanctified,  ii  m~>p> 

Afflicted,  Christ's  compassion  to  them,  i  125. 

Afflictions  removed*  i  87.;  submitted  to,  i  5,  129,  it 
109  ;  support  and  comfort  under  them,  ii  50,  65  ;  and 
death  under  providence,  i  83. 

Almost  christian,  ii   158. 

Angels  sinning,  ii  24  j  standing-  and  falling,  ii  27; 
praise  ye  the  Lord,  ii  27  ;  punished  and  man  saved,  ii 
96,  97  ;  their  ministry  to  Christ  and  Saints,  ii   18,  112,  1 1 S* 

Ambition,  Sec.    ii  101, 

Anger  of  God.     See  Wrath,  Vengeance,  Hell. 

Answer  to  the  Church's  prayers,    i  3$. 

Anti-Christ,  h\s  ruin,  i  29,  56,  59.     See  enemies. 

Apostate,   ii  158.         Apostles  commission,   i  i23a 

Ascension  and  resurrection  of  Christ,  ii   76. 

Assistance  against  temptations,     i  15,  32,  ii  50,  65. 

Assurance  of  heaven,  i  27,  ii  65  ;  of  the  love  of  Chris/*. 
i  14,  ii   7S  j  of  faith,  i  103v         Attribute?.     See  Goj£r 


INDEX. 


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TO\BYbONialIiti£,4  56.59. 
-^  Backsliding*  and  returns,  li 


See  enemies. 
20. 


Baptisms    i    52  ;  preaching  and  the    Lord's    supper, 
141;   and  circumcision,  i.   121,   ii  122,    i34  ;     burial  with 
Christ,  i  122.     BcaU'udcss)  102.  Believe  and  be  savedji  ioo. 
Be:iever  baptised,    i  52,  122. 

Births  first  and  second,  i    95,  99  ;   of  Christ,  miracles  at 
it,  ii    136.  Blessed  are  the  dead  in  the  Lord,   i  18  ;  so- 

ciety in  heaven,  ii  33.  75 

BleH'sedness  and  business  of  heaven,  i  40,  41,   ii  86  ;  on- 
ly in  God.   ii  93,  94,  100. 

Blessing  of  Abra   am  on  the  Gentiles,   i  ii3,  114,  ii  134. 
Blood  and  fiesU  of  Christ  is  our  food,    lii  1 7,  18  ;  ihe  seal 
of  the  new  testament,    iii  3  ;  the  spirit  and  the  water,  in  9. 
Boas'ing     xcl tided,    i  96. 
Bodies  frail    See  life,  health,  flesh. 

Bo>k  of  God's  decrees,  ii  99.    Brrudot  life  is  Christ,  iii  5. 
Brcailiing  towards   heaven,    ii  23  ;   God  Raised,  ii    1  \. 
for  deliverance,   ii  92. 

Ba-Ul,  ii  63  ;  with  Christ  in  baptism,   i  22  ;  and  death 
of  a  saint,    ii  3. 

C 
\NAAN  and  Heaven,  ii  66,  x2L 
Carnal  joys  parted  with,  ii  iO.  u  ;  reason  humbltd, 
i    II   i2. 

Ceremonial.     See  Law,  1  ypes,  Priest. 
Character*  of  the  Children  of  God,   i  i43  ;   of  Christ,  i 
j46,  150  ;  of  blessedness,  i  i02. 

ChaHty  anduncharitableness,  i  125  ;  and  love,  i  130.  i33. 
Children  in  the  covenant  of  grace,    i  1 13.  1 14  ;   devoted 
to  God,  i,  i21,  ii,  127. 

Christ.  See  Lord  and  Aaron,  i.  145  ;  and  Adam,  i.  124. 
bis  ascension,  ii  76  ;  beatific  sii^lit  of  him,  ii  75  ;  beloved 
described,  i  75  ;  the  bread  of  life,  iii  5. — Mis  care  ofthe- 
young  and  feeble,  i  12  5,  133  ;  and  tjie  church,  seeking, 
-.',  iding,  Sec.  See  Chinch.  Coming  to  judge,  i  61  ;  his 
commission,  ii.  103,  104  ;  communion  with  him,  i  66,  7 1  ; 
anc>  saints,  i  67,  77 ',  iii  2  ;  compared  to  inanimate  thingsy 
"1  1 46  ;  his  coronation  and  espousals,  i  72  ;  cross  not  to  be 
ashamed  ot,  iii  19  ;  crucified, God's  wisdom  and  power,  iii 
10. — David's  son.  i  16,  50  ;  his  death  caused  by  sin,  ii  SI; 
grace  and  glory  by  it,  iii  23  ;  victory  and  kingdom,  ii  1 14  ; 
his  divine  nature,  i  2,  13.  92  ii  52  •  dwells  in  heaven,  vi- 
sits the  earth,    i  76, — Enjoyment  Of  him,  iii  5}    16;  his 


INDEX.  *r 

■.     .      I      "  "^ 

eternity,  i    2,  92  ;  example,   ii    139  ;  excellencies,  i  52,  ii 
47  ;  faith  and  knowledge  of  him,  i    103  ;  his  flesh  and  blood 
our  food,  iii  17,  18  ;  iound  and  brought  to  the  church,  i  71. 
—His  glory  in  heaven,  ii  91;    God   reconciled    in    him, 
ii  148  ;  grace   given  us  in  him,  i  137     ii  40 — High  priest 
and  king,    i  61  ;  his  human  and  divine  nature,  i  2,  13,  16  ; 
hunr.li.nion  and  exaltation,   i  1,  63y  141,   142,  ii  5,  43,  81, 
83.  84.    iii  10,  15. — His  incarnation,   i  3,  13  ;  intercession, 
ii  36,  37,  113  ;   invitation  to  sinners,  i    127 — The  King  at 
his  table,    i  66,  his  kingdom  among  men,    i  3,  21  ;  know- 
ledge and  faith  in  him,  i  103 — Lamb  of  God,  i  1,  64  ;  his 
love  to  the  church,    i  14.  17;  under  desertion,  ii  50  ;  shed 
abroad  in  the  heart,   i  135  ;  to  mens   i  92  ;  lifted  up,  i  in 
—Ministered  to  by  angels,     ii  M2,  113;   miracles  at  his 
birth,   ii  136  ;  mifacles  in  his  life,  death  and  resurrection, 
ii    1 37  ;    and  Moses,  ills,  .49 — Names  and  titles,  i  147, 
148  ;  nativity,    i  3,  13  ;    obeyed  or  resisted,  i  93  ;   his  of- 
fices,  i  149,  150,  ii    132. — Pardon  and  strength  from  him 
iii  24  ;  our  passover,   ii    155  ;  his    person  glorious    and 
gracious,    i  75,    ii  47  ;  our  physician,    i  112;  his  pity  to 
the  afflicted  and   tempted,    i  '25  ;  his  priesthood,    i  145, 
ii  1 18  ;  his  presence.  Set-  presence  Prophecies  and  Types 
of  him,  ii   l.o  ;  our  prophet  and  tt-acher,  1  93. — Redemp- 
tion. See  Redemption  ;  rejected  by  the  Jews,  i    141  ;  res- 
urrection, ii  72,76  ;  is  our  hope,      26  ;  resurrection,  life 
and  death  miraculous,  ii    137  ;  revealed  to  man,  i  10  ;  to 
b'abes,  i    11,12;  righteousness  and  strength  in  him,  i  84, 
85,  97  ;  righteousness  valuable,   i     109  — His  sacrifice,   ii 
142;  and    intercession,  ii    118;  salvation,    righteousness- 
and  strength  in  him,   i  15,  84,  85.  97,  9S  ;  our  s;  notifica- 
tion,  i  97,  98  ;  satan  at  enm.ty,    i  107  ;  saints  in  his  hand, 
i    138  ;  our    Shepherd,  i    8,  142. — The  substance    of  the 
types,   ii  12  ;   sent  by  the  lather,    i'100,   ii  103,  104  ;  his 
sufferings,    iii  16  ;  and  godly  sorrow,  ii  9,  106  ;"  and  glo- 
ry,   i    1,62,53,   ii    43,81,83,84,   iii  lO.—riis  titles  and 
kingdom,  i  13;    trumph  over    our    enemies,   i    28,    29; 
types  and  prophecies  of  him,ii  135  ; — victory  over  satan,"i 
89  ;    death  and  hell,  iii  2i  ;  unseen  and  beloved,  i  1O8. — 
Wisdom  of  God,  i  92;  our  wisdom  and  righteousness,  i 
97,  98  ;   worshipped  by  the  creation,   i    1,    62  ;    prophet, 
priest,  and  king,  i  25,  ii  i32. 

Christian      See  Saints,   Spiritual,  Sec      religion,   its  ex- 
cellency,   ii  131  ;  almost,  ii  1  58  y  virtue-     i  161 

Church.    See  Worship,  Saints.  Spiritual.  Its  safety  and 

protection,   i  8.  39,  ii  6l,  92  ;    its  enemies  slain  by  Christ, 

i  28,  29  ;  conversing  with  Christ,  viz.  seeVing,  finding, 


INDEX. 


calling,  answering,  i  66,  71  ;  under  God's  care,  i  66  ;  es- 
pousals with  Christ,  i  72;  beauty  in  the  eyes  of  Christ,  i 
73;  the  garden  of  Christ,  i.  74. 

Circumcision  abolished,  ii  134;  and  baptism,  i    121,  ii  127 

Clothing  spiritual,  i  7,  40. 

Comfort  in  the  covenant  with  Christ*  ii  40;  restored,  H 
73;    See  Pardon.    In  sorrows  of  mind  and  body,  ii  50.  65, 

Communion  with  Christ  and  saints,  i  2  ;  between  Christ 
and  the  church,  i    66,  71,  ii    15,16. 

Compassion  of  a  dying  Christ,  iii  22;  to  the  afflicted, 
i  125. 

Complaint  of  a  hard  heart,   ii  98  ;  of  desertion  and  temp-- 
tations,ii    163  ;  of  dullness,  ii  34;  of  indwelling  sin,  i    115; 
sf  ingratitude,  ii    74;  of  sloth  and  negligence,  ii    25,  32. 

Condemnation  by  the  law,  i    91. 

Condescension  to  our  worship,  ii  45  ;  affairs,  ii  46. 

Confession  and  pardon   i    13  i 

Conscience  good,  the  pleasures  of,  ii  57  ;  secure  and  a- 
wakened,  i  Ii5.  Constancy  in  the  gospel,  ii  4. 

Contention  and  love,  i  130. 

Conversion,  i  i04,  ii  159  ;  the  d  fficulty  of,  ii  i6'i  :  dei 
laying,   i    88 — 9i    ;  the  joy  of  heaven,  i  ioi. 

Conviction  of  sin  by  the  law,  i  94.  1 15  ;  by  the  cross  of 
Christ,  ri    81,95.    Corru/it  nature  from  Adam,  i  5  I,  ii    123:, 

Covenant  of  grace,  i  9;  children  therein,  i  113,  114.^ 
sealed  and  sworn,  i  i39,  iii  3  ;  hope  in,  i  139  ;  made  witlf 
Christ  our  comfort,  ii  40  ;  of  works     See  Law  and  Gospel? 

CovetousnesS)  Sec.  i  314,  ii  56,   lOl. 

Creation,  i  92,  ii  71,  i47  ;  new,  ii  i30  ;  preservation,  &<£ 
of  this  world,  ii   13, 

Creatures  praise  the  Lord,  ii  71  ;  love  dangerous,  ii  48  j 
God  above  them,  i  82;  their  vanity,  ii  i46. 

Cross  of  Christ  is  our  glory,  iii  i9;  repentance  flowing 
from  it,  ii  1O6  ;  salvation  in  it,  ii  4;  crucifixion  to  the 
■world  by  it,  iii  7.  Curse  and  promise,  i  iX>7. 

Custom  in  sin,  ii   i40. 

D 

DANGERS  of  our  earthly  pilgrimage,  ii  53  ;  ofdeatl) 
and  hell,  ii  55  ;  of  love  to  the  creature,  ii  48. 
Darkness  dispelled  by  Christ's  presence,  ii  54  ;  of  Pro \y 
i&tnce,  ii   i09. 
"  Day  of  grace,  and  time  of  duty,  i  88  ;  of  judgment,  i  45) 
6-1,64,  89,  90. 

Dead  in  the  Lord,  their  blesstdness,  i  18  ;  to  sin  by  th* 
cross  of  Christ,  i  1  ©6- 


INDEX.  >9 


Death  See  Christ  and  afflictions  under  Providence,  i 
83;  terrible  to  the  unconverted,  i  9i  ;  made  easy  by  the 
sight  of  Christ,  iii  i4,  ii  3j  ;  by  a  sight  of  heaven,  ii  66  •; 
God's  presence  in,  ii  49,  117;  our  fear  of,  ii  3i  ;  desira- 
ble, i  i9,  ii  61  ;  overcome,!  I7  ;  triumphed  over,  i  6,  ii 
1 10  ;  prepared  for,  i  37,  ii  63  ;  of  a  sinner,  i  24,  ii  2  ;  and 
burial  of  a  saint,  i  18,  ii  3  ;  and  eternity,  ii  28  ;  and  glory, 
1  1  lO,  ii  61  ;  and  the  resurrection,  ii  3,  io2,  1  iO  ;  of  Mo- 
ses at  God's  command,  ii  49  ;  dreadful  and  delightful,  ii  52> 
Deceitfulness  of  bin,  ii  150. 
Decree*  of  God,  1  1 1    1 1,  96,  1 1  7,  ii  99. 

Deity  of  Christ,  i  2,  i3,  92,  ii  St. 

Delay  of  conversion,  i  88 — 9i,  u  25,  32". 

Delight  in  worship,  ii   14 ;   in  God,  ii  42  ;    in  converge 
with  Christ,  ii  15,  16. 

Deliverance,  ii  3.      See  Enemies,  Church  and  SubratsJ 
sion,  i  1 29  ;  from  spiritual  enemies,  i  47,  ii  65,  82. 

Defiendance       See  Faith. 

Desertion  and  temptation  complained  ot,  ii  i(  3. 

Desire  of  Christ's  presence,  ii  lOO.     See  more  in  Heri-- 
tVen,  Chvist,  Love,  Sec 

Despair  and  presumption,  i  u5,  i:  i56,  ii-7. 

Devil  vanquished,  1  58.     See  Victory. 

Devotion  fervently  desirtd,  ii  34. 

Difficulty  of  conversion,  ii  161. 

Dissolution  of  this  world,  ii  i3.       Disease.    See  sicknes^ 

Distem/iery  folly  and  madness  of  sin,  ii  i53. 

Distinguishing  love,  i  n,  i2,  96,  n7,  ii  96,  97. 

Divine.     See  God,  Deity,  Sec. 

Dominion  of  God,  and  our  deliverance,  ii  3  j  eternal*  tj 
67  ;  over  the  s<:a,  ii  70. 

Doubts  and  fears  suppressed,  ii  73. 

Dulness  spiritual,  ii  25. 

E 

ID*  ARTH,  no  rest  on,  ii  i46  ;  and  heaven,  ii  iO,  11,  5% 

***   Effusion    of  the  spirit,  ii  n4. 

Election  exclndes  boasting,  i  96;  free,  i  11,  i2,  54,  iijT, 
See  Decrees.  End  of  the  world,  ii  i64 

Enemies  of  the  church  disappointed,  ii  9i,  92  ;  salva- 
tion from  them,  ii  82  ;  triumphed  over  by  Christ,  i  28,  2&, 
See  Christ.  Babylon,  Michael. 

Enjoyment  of  Christ,  ii  id,  16. 

Enmity  between  Christ  and  Satan,  i  i07. 

Envy  and  love,  i    i30.     Esfiovw!  of  the   chur.c-h>i   ~T- 
*~      Ksfabtishjnent  in  grace,  ii  Sfr, 


£0  INDEX. 


Eternity  of  God,  li  i7  ;  of  Ins  dominion,  ii  67;  and 
death,  ii  28  ;  succeeding  tins  life,  i  55.  sec  heaven,  death. 
Evening  and  morning  hymns,  i  79,  80,  81  ;  116,  7,  8. 
Exaltation.  See  Christ,  Glory,  Sufferings,  &c. 
Example  of  Christ,  ii  i39  ;  of  Saints,  11  i40. 
Excellency  of  the  Christian  Religion,  ii  i3i. 

JD  AITH  in  things  unseen,  u20,  ii  i29  ;  and  knowl- 
edge of  Christ,  i  i03  ;  love  and  joy,  1  1O8  ;  and  unbelief, 
ii  i25;  living  and  dead,  1  i40  ;  assisted  by  sense,  11  i4i 
its  joy,  ii  162  ;  in  Christ  our  sacniice,  ii  142  ;  and  salva- 
tion, i  iOO  ;  of  assurance,  i()3  ;  and  sight,  i  11O,  11  i45 
triumphing  in  Christ,  i  i4 ;  tor  pardon  and  sanctification, 
ii  90;  faitli  and  reason,  ii  87,  i()9. 

FaithJ 'illness  of  God's  promises,  ii  40,  60,  69. 

Fall  of  angeis  and  men,  11  24  ;  and  recovery  of  man,  i 
107,  u  78.        Fears  and   doubts  suppressed,  ii  73. 

Feast  of  love,  1  68;  of  triumph,  in  21  ;    of  the   gospel, 
i  7,  lii  i2-  20  ;   made  and  guests  invited,  lii  13. 
•  Fellowship.     See  Communion. 

Fervency  of  devotion  desired,  ii  34. 

Feiv  saved,  n*  i58. 

Flesh  and  blood  of  Christ  the  best  food,  iii  i7,  18  ;  our 
tabernacle,  1  11O  ;  and  spirit,  u  i43. 

Food  spiritual,  i  7,  67,  6s,  74,  ii  15.     See  Ftaat. 

Folly  and  madness  of  sin,  11  i53. 

Forbearance.     See  Patience. 

Forgiveness.     See  Pardon. 

Formality  in  worship,  i  i36. 

Frail.     See  Life,  Health,  Forgetfulness,  ii  i65. 

Frailty  and  folly,  ii  32.        Free.     See  Grac  ,  Election. 

Fret  om  from  sin  and  misery  in  Heaven,  11  86. 

Funeral  thought,  ii  63.     See  Death,  Burial. 
G 

GARDEN  of  Christ  is  the  Church,  i  74. 
Garment  of  salvation,  i  7,  20. 

Gentiles,  Christ  levealed  to  them,  i  iO,  i3,  5O  ;  iii  iS 
i4  ;   Abraham's  blessing  on  them,  i  n3,  n4,  ii  i34. 

Glorified  martyrs  and  saint-,  i  40,  4i  ;  body,  11  11O. 

Glory  and  death,  i  no,  ii  61.  See  Heaven.  Of  God  a- 
foove  our  reason,  ii  87  ;  of  Christ  in  Heaven,  ii  9i  See 
Christ.  And  grace  by  the  death  of  Christ,  iii  23  ;  justi- 
fication and  sanctification,  i  8  ;  to  the  Father,  Son,  and 
Holy  Ghost,  ii  !  6 — 4i  ;  of  God  in  the  gospel,  ri  i26  ;  and 
^race  >n  the  person  of  Christ,  ii  47  ;  and  sufferings  of 


INDEX. 


i 


'Christ,  ii  43.     See  sufferings. 

Glorying  in  the  cross  of  Christ,  iii  19. 

God  all  and  in  all,  ii  93,  94 ;  his  absence.  See  Absence. 
His  attrbutes,  ii  5  1,  166,  169  ;  glorified  by  Christ  ,\  126, 
ill  10;  the  avenger  of  his  saints,  ii  115— Care  of  his 
church,  i  39  ;  condescension  to  human  affairs,  ii  46  ;  to 
our  worshipfii  45  ;  the,Creator  and  Redeemer,  ii  35— 
Our  delight,  ii  42  ;  our  defence,  i  47  ;  dominion  over  the 
sea,  n  70  j  dominion  and  oim  deliverance,  ii  111;  dwells 
with  the  humble,  i  87— Eternity,  ii  17  ;  eternal  domin- 
ion, n  67  ;  everlasting  absence  intolerable,  it  l GO.  \07— 
Far  above  his  creatures,  i  82  ;  the  Father.  Son  and  Spir- 
it, in  26,  41  ;  his  faithfulness  to  his  promises,  ii  60,  69— 
Glory  and  defence  of  Sion,  11  64;  his  glories  above  our 
reason,  11  87  ;  his  goodness,  i,  58,  80;  his  grace.  See 
Grace.  Government  from  him,  ii  149;  holiness,  justice 
ancT sovereignty,  i  80— Invisible, 'ii  25  ;  incomprehensible, 
1187,  170—  His  kingdom  supreme,  ii  115;  his  love  in 
sending  his  Son,  i  100— And  our  neighbour  loved,  i  1 16 
—Our  portion  or  chief  good,  ii  91,  64  ;  his  power,  ii  SO  ; 
and  goodness,  ii  6,  7,  8  ;  his  pTa.se.  See  Praise.  Pres- 
ence in  life,  and  at  death,  ii  115.  See  Presence.  Pre- 
server of  our  lives,  ii  6,  7,  8  19  ;  promise  and  truth  un- 
changeable,!  139— Sight  of  him  weans  us  from  earth,   ii 

41;  sovereign,   ii    170 Terrible    majesty,   ii    22;    and 

mercy,  |,  80  ;  his  truth,  ii  60,  69.— Vengeance,  ii  44,  62 
— bmty  and  trinity,  iii  26— 41-  His  word,  i  53  ;  wrath 
and  mercy,  i  42. 

Goodness  of  God,  ii  58.  64.  See  Grace.  And  power  of 
God,  1  42,  11  80.  1 

Gos/id  feast,  iii  12.  See  Grace,  Feast.  Invitation  and 
provision,  1  7,  ni  20  ;  times,  their  blessedness,  i  10  See 
Scripture.     Glorifies  God,  ii  126  ;  no  liberty  to  sin,  i  106, 

»  1'  ic/,  n°ol  ashamed  ?f  *■  "  l°3>  i"  19  ;  and  hw,  ,  94, 
iil20,121,i24;  sinned  against*,  i  118;    its  difft  rent  sqc- 

l^'ii  ViS?  "1  -  *  ;  tmi"",St,T'  j  '°  ;  attfcSt-]  hY  miracles,  1 
1-8,  11  I06,  t<>7  ;  its  glorious  effects,  ii  138, 

Government  from  God,  ii  149. 

Grace  and  glory  by  the  death  of  Christ,  iii  23  ;  of  the 
spirit,  1  102  ;  converting,  ii  13©;  in  exercise,  iii  25  ;  jus- 
tifies, 1  94  ;  sanctifies  and  saves,  i  140  ;  not  conveyed  bv 
parents,  1  99  ;  all-sufficient  in  duty  and  sufferings*,  i  25, 
32,  04;  given  in  Christ,  i  137  ;  covenant,  i  9  > dnldren 
in,  1  113,  114;  and  holiness,  i  132  ;  electing,  i  54  ;  its 
freedom  and  sovereignty,  i  1 1,  l2,  96,  1 17,  ii  96,  97 ;  and 


to  /  INDEX. 


glory  in  the  person  of  Christ,  n  47  ;  adopting,  i  64  ;  per- 
severing,  i  2  ;  promises,  i  7,  9  ;  throne  accessible  by 
"Christ,  ii  36,  37,  108. 

Gratitude  for  divine  favours,  ii  116. 
H 

•jOTAPPINESS.     See  Blessed,  Heaven. 

-*--*-  Hardnrss  of  heart,  ii  98. 

.Hatred  and  love,  i   130. 

Jlcalrh  preserved,  ii  6.  7,  8.  19  ;  restored,  i  55. 

Heavm  and  earth,  ii  10,  11.  53,  and  hell,  i  45  ;  invisible 
and  holy,  i  105;  meditation  of.  ii  l6l  ;  joy  there  for 
repenting  sinners,  i  101  ;  its  blessedness  and  business,  i 
40.  4  1  ;  the  hope  of  ;t  our  suppoit,  ii  56  ;  its  prospect 
makes  death  easy,  ii  66  ;  worship  of  it  humble,  ii  68  ; 
freedom  from  sin  and  misery  there,  i:J*6  ;  hoped  for  by 
Christ's  resurrect  on.  i  26  ;  insured  and  prepared  for,  i 
27  ;  Christ's  dwellng  place,  i  76,  ii  91  ;  sight  of  God  ano^ 
Christ  there,  ii  23   ;  "desired,  ii  68. 

Ihavenly-mindedness,  ii  57  :  joy  en  earth,  ii    15,  30,  59- 

Hellzxid  deafh.  ii  2  ;  and  judgment,  i  45.  107,  ii  62  ;  or 
the  vengeance  of  God,  ii  22,  44  ;  the  holy  fear  cf,  ii    107* 

HezekiahJa  song,  u  55  Holy.     See  Spirit. 

Holiness.  See  Grace,  Spiritual,  Sanctification.  And 
sovereignty  of  God,  i  82,  86  ;  and  grace,  i  132,  i40  ;  its 
characters,  l  102 

Honour  vain,  ii  101  ;  to  magistrates,  ii  149. 

Hofieof  the  living,  i  88  ;  gives  light  and  strength,  ii 
129  ;  in  the  covenant,  i  139  ;  of  heaven  by  Christ's  resur- 
rection, i  26  ;  of  heaven  our  support  under  trials,  ii  65  ; 
of  the  resurrection,  ii  3.  1 10 

Hosanna  to  Christ,  i  16,  iii  42.  Sec 

Human  affairs  condescended  to  by  God,  ii  46  ;  nature 
of  Christ,  i  13,  2  3. 

Humble,  God  dwelling  with,  i  87;  enlightened,  i  11,  12, 
50;   worslvp  of  heaven,  \\  6S. 

Humiliation.  See  Christ,  Suffering,  &c.  and  prayer 
public,  l  30. 

Hum  lit'.'  and  pride,  i  i27  ;  and  meekness,  i  i02  ;  in 
heaven,  ii  68. 

Hyfiocrisy  artd  sincerity,  i  i3o  ;  hypocrite,  or  almost 
christian,  ii  1 58. 

I 

IGNORANT  §  enlightened,  i  n,  i2. 

■"■   Ignorarite  a       u.if  uitf -llness,  ii  165. 

'tmptm       c    r.    i25. 

Incarnation  cf  Christ,  i  2,  3,  i3r  60; 


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Incomfirehensible  God,  ii  87  ;.  and  invisible,  ii  26, 
Inconstancy  of  our  love.,  ii  20. 
Infants.      See  Children. 
Ingratitude  complained  of,  \\  74. 
Inspiration  and  prophecy,  ii  ioi. 
Institution  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  iii  I. 
Insufficiency  of  self-righteousness,  ii  i54. 
Inte?xession  of  Christ,  ii  36,  37,  118. 
Inviation  of  Christ  answered,  i  70  ;  of  the  gospel    i    79, 
127,  iii  13,  20. 

J  '   / 

JEALOUSY  of  our  love  to  Christ,  l  78. 
Jems.     See  Lord,  Christ. 
Jews.     See  Moses,  Gospel,  Christ,  Gentiles. 
John  the  baptist's  message  i  50. 
Joshua,  Aaron  and  Moses,  ii  124. 

Joy,  faith  and  love,  i  108  ;  of  faith,  ii  162  ;  carnal  parted 
with,  ii  10,  11;  heavenly  upon  earth,  i  135,  n  30,  59;  spi- 
ritual restored,  ii  73.   See  more  in  D.  light,  Comfort. 

Judgment  day,  i  45,  65,  89,  90  ;  and  hell,  ii  62  ;"  Christ 
coming  to,  i  61.     Justice.  See.  of  God,  i  86. 

Justification,  i  14  ;  See  Pardon  :  by  faitn  not  by  works,  i 
94,   109  ;  s.mctification,  i  7,  20,  80,  S5,  ii  90  ;  and  glory,  i 3. 

K 

KINGDOM  and  cities  of  Christ,  i  13;   of  Christ    a- 
mongmen,  i  2i,  65  ;  of  God  eternal,  i   63;    su- 
preme, ii  115. 

Knowledge  and  faith  in  Christ,  i  103  ;  saving  from  God, 
i  11,  12,  93. 

L 

LAMB  that  was  slain,  i  1,  25   62  .  See  Christ. 
Law  convinces  of  sin,  i  15  ;  condemns,  i    94  ;  and 
gospel,  ii  120,  121.  124  ;   and  gospel  sinned  against,  i  12S. 

Levitical  priesthood  fulfilled  -n  Christ,  ii  12. 

Life  fratt  aiwl Succeeding  eternity,  ii  55  \  preserved,  ii 
6,  7,  8,  19  ;  short,  frail,  m-serable,  l  81,  ii  39,  58  ;  the 
day  of  grace  and  hope,  i  88. 

Light  and  salvation  by  Jesus  Christ,  i  5"0  ;  in  darkness 
by  the  presence  of  God,  ii  54  ;  given  to  the  blind,  i  n.  i2. 

Long-Sufferance.      See  Patience. 

Lard  Jesus  at  his  own  table,  i  66,  iii  !5  ;  supper, 
preaching  and  baptism,  ii  141  ;  supper  instituted,  iii  1  ; 
day.  ii  72  ;  ddhghtnxl,  ii  14  ;  table  provided  for,  iii  20. 
See  more  in  Christ- 

L,v>>  of  Christ  unchangeable,  i  i4,  39  ;  shed  abroad  in 
the  hearty  i  135  ;  its  banquet,  i  68,  iii  13  j    of  Christ  jta 


;G4  INDEX. 


>•>, 


words  and  deeds,  i  77;  of  Christ  in  strength,  i  78;  un- 
seen, i  i08  ;  to  Christ,  h  100  ;  to  God  pleasant  and  pow- 
erful, ii  38  ;  and  hatred,  i  130  ;  faith  and  joy,  i  108;  and. 
charity,  i  133  ;  of  God.  in  sending  his  Son,  i  100,  ii  103, 
104  ;  to  Gcd  and  to  our  neighbour,  i  1 16  ;  religion  vain 
without,  i  134;  peace  and  meekness,  i  102;  of  Christ's 
dying,  iii  4,  22  ;  to  God  inconstant,  ii  20  ;  to  the  crea- 
tures dangerous,  ii  48  ;  distinguishing,  i  n,  12,  ii  96,  97. 

M 

TX/JTADNESS,  folly  and  distemper  of  sin,  ii  151 

IJJl  Magistrates  honoured,  ii  149. 

Majesty  of  God  terrible,  ii  22,  62. 

Malice  and  love,  i  130. 

Man  saved  and  angels  punished,  ii  96,  97  ;  mortal  ancl 
vain,  i    82  ;  his  fall  and  recovery,  i  »07. 

Martyrdom,  i  i4,  ii  4.  Martyrs  glorified,  l  40,  4i- 

Mary  the  virgin's  song,  i  60. 

Mediator  the  way  to  the  throne  of  grace,  ii  108. 

Meditation  of  heaven,  ii  162  ;   and  retirement,  ii   122% 

Memory  weak,  ii  165. 

Memorial  of  our  absent  Lord,  iii  6. 

Mercies  national,  ii  i,  in.     See  Grace,  Wrath,  Thanks. 

Messiah  born,  i  60  ;  come,  ii  i2. 

Michael's  war  with  the  dragon,  i  58. 

Ministers  commission,  i  128. 

Ministry  of  angels,  ii  18  ;  of  the  gospel,  i  10. 

Misery  and  sin  banished  from  heaven,  ii  86  ;  and  short' 
ness  of  life,  ii  39  ;  without  God  in  the  world,  ii  56  ;  of 
sinners.     See  Sinner,  Death,  Hell. 

Morning  and  evening  songs,  i  79,  80,  8i,  i 

Mortality  and  vanity  of  man,  i  82. 

Mortification  ro  the  world  by  the  sight  of  God,ii  41  ;  by 
the  cross  of  Christ,  ii  9,  iii  7. 

Mjses  and  Christ,  i  49,  n8  ;  dying,  ii  49  ;  Aaron  and 
.Joshua,  ii  i24. 

Mourning.     See  Complaint,  Repentance* 

Mysteries  revealed,  in,  i2. 
N 

NATIONAL  mercies  and  thanks,  ii  I,  in. 
A'ativity  of  Christ,  i  2,  3,  i3. 
Nature  and  grace,  i  io4  ;  corrupt  from   Adam,  i  57r  ii 
1 28.  Neighbour  and  God  loved,  i  1 1  6. 

New  covenant  seal-  d,  iii  3  ;  promises,  i  7  ;  song,  i  1  ; 
creature,  i  9  ;  testament  in  the  blood  of  Christ,  iii  3;  cre- 
ation, i  95,  ftO  ;  birth,  i  95* 


index.  m. 


o 

BEDIENCE  evangelical,  i  140,  143. 
Old  age,  and  death  of  the  unconverted,  i  9i. 
Offence  not  to  be  given,  i  i26. 

Offices  and  operations  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  ii    iS3  ;  and 
of  Christ,  1  i  46,  i50,  n  i32, 

Olive-tree,  the  wild  and  good,  i  1 1 4. 
Ordinances.    See  Worship,  Lord's  Supper. - 
Original  sin,  i  57.     See  Adam,  Nature. 
P 

PAINS,  comforts  under  them,  ii  50. 
Paradise  on  earth,  ii  30,  59. 
Pardon,  a  sufficiency  of,     ii    85  ;  and  confession,]  1 3 1  ; 
and  strength  from  Christ,  iii  24  ;  bought  at  a  dear    price, 
in  4 -;  and  sanctification  by  faith,  i  9,  ii    90  ;  brought  to 
our  senses,  iii    n» 

Parents  and  children,  i  n3,  n4  ;  convey  not  grace,  ii  99. 
Passover  Christ  is  ours,  ii    155. 
Passion.     See  Christ,  Sufferings,  Anger,  Love. 
Patience  under  afflictions,  i  5,     i29,    ii    i09  ;    of  God 
producing  repentance,  ii  74.  i05. 

Peace  of  conscience,  ii  57  j  and  contention,  i  130.  See 
Comfort,  Joy. 

Perfections  of  God,  ii  i65,  i69j  persevering  grace,  i 
26,  32.  48,  51,  138. 

Person  of  Christ  glorious  and  gracious,  i  75,  ii  47- 
Persecution,  courage  under,    i  i4. 
Pharisee  and  Publican,  i  13i. 
Pilgrimage  of  the  saints,  ii  53. 

Pleasure  of  a  good  conscience,  ii  57  ;  of  religion,  ii  50, 
59  ;  sinful  forsaken,  ii  i0,  n  ;  their  vanity  and  danger, 
ii-lOl.  Poverty  of  Spirit,  i  102,  127. 

Power  of  God,  i  86  ;  and  wisdom  in  Christ  crucified,  ii 
126,  iii  i0  ;  and  goodness  of  God  awful,  i  42,  ii  80. 

Praise  imperfect  on  earth,  ii  5  ;  for  daily  protection  and 
preservation,  ii  6,  7,  8  ;  from  angels,'  ii  27  ;  from  the 
creation,  ii  7i  ;  to  the  Redeemer,  ii  5,  21,  29,  35,  70  ; 
to  the  Trinity,  iii  26 — 4i  ;  for  creation  and  redemption, 
ii  35. 

Prayer  and  praise,  i  1  ;  for  deliverance  answered,  i30. 

Preaching,  baptism,  and  the  Lord's  supper,  ii  i4I. 

Predestination.     See  Election. 

Preparation  for  death,  i  27      See  Death. 

Presumption  and  despair,  i  n5,  ii  156,  157. 

-f  revsnss  of  God  in  worship,  ii  45  5  light  in  darkness 


66  INDEX. 


ii  54  ;  in  death,  i  i9,  ii  3i,  49,  in  14  ;  in  life  and  death, 
ii  n7  ;  or  absence  of  Christ,  ii  50  ;  of  Christ  in  worship, 
i  66,  ii  1 5,  1 6,  iii  15  ;  of  God  our  life,  ii  93,  94,  iOO. 

Preservation  of  this  world,  ii  i3  ;  of  our  graces,  i  5 1  ;: 
of  our  lives,  ii  6,  7,  8,  i9. 

Pride  and  humility,  i  11,  12,  i27. 

Priesthood  levitical  ending  in  Christ,  ii  \z  ;  of  Christy 
ii  118.  ,  Prodigal  repenting,  i  i23. 

Profit  and  unprofitableness,  i  118,  ii  1 65. 

Promised  Messiah  born,  i  60,  i07.  134. 

Promises  of  the  covenant,  1  9,  39,  107.  See  Scripture* 
And  truth  of  God  unchangeable,  i  139  ;  our  security,  ii 
40,  66,  69. 

Prophecies  and  types  of  Christ,  ii  135  ;  and  inspiration, 
ii  150.       Prosperity  and  adversity,  1  5  ;  vain,  ii  56,  1O1. 

Protection  from  spiritual  enemies,  ii  82  ;  of  the  church., 
i  8,  22,  23.     See  Church. 

Providence,  ii  46  ;  executed  by  Christ,  i  1  ;  over  a£r 
flictions  and  death,  i  83  ;  its  darkness,  ii  i09  ;  prospex- 
•us  and  afflictive,  i  5. 

Provision.     See  Gospel,  Lord's  Table. 

Public  Ordinances.     See  Worship. 

Publican  and  Pharisee,  i  13 1. 

Punishment  for  sin.     See  Hell,  i  iOO,  118. 
R 
ACE  Christian,  i  48,  ii  53. 
Reason  feeble,  ii  87  ;  carnal  humbled,  i  11,  t£. 

Recovery  from  sickness,  i  55. 

Reconciliation  to  God  m  Christ,  ii  148. . 

Redemption  in  Christ,  i  97,  98,  ii  78  ;  and  protection, 
-ii   82  ;  by  price,  iii  4;   and  by  power,  ii  29.     See  Christ. 

Regeneration,  i  95,  ii  130.  See  Election,  Adoption", 
Sanctification. 

Religion  neglected,  ii  32  ;  vain  without  love,  i  i34  ; 
christian,  the  excellency  of,  ii  i3l  ;  revealed.  See 
Gospel.  Scripture.       Remembrance  of  Christ,  iii  6. 

Repenting  prodigal  i  123. 

Repentance  from  God*s  goodness  and  patience,  ii  74,- 
105  ;  and  humiliation,  i  87  ;  at  the  cross  of  Christ,  ii  9, 
.106  ;  and  impenitence,  ii  1  25  ;  gives  Joy  to  Heaven,  i  101. 

Resignation.     See  Submission > 

Resurrection,  i  6,  ii  i02,  1 10.  See  Death,  Christ,  Hea- 
ven. Retirement  and  meditation,  ii  22% 

Returns  and  backsliding,  ii  20. 

Revelation  of  Christ.     See  Gentile,  Gospel.- 


INDEX. 


Revenge  and  love,  i  i30.     Rich  sinner  dying,  i  24   ij  o6t 
Riches,  their  vanity   ii  55,  foi. 

Righteousness  and  strength  in  Christ,  i  84.  85,  97,  98  ; 
of-Chnst  valuable,  i  109  ;  our  robe,  i  7,  20  ;  and  self-" 
righteousness,  i  i3i  ;  our  own  insufficient,  ii  154, 

S 

QABBATH  delightful,  ii  i4. 

^  Sacrament.     See  Baptism,  Lord's  Supper. 

Sacrifice  of  Christ,  ii  i42  ;  and  intercession,  ii  118. 

Safety  of  the  Church,  i  9,  22,  23. 

Saints.  See  Church,  Spiritual.  God  their  avenger,  ii 
Ii5  ;  and  hypocrites,  i  i36,  i4o  ;  their  example,  ii  i40  ; 
characters  of  them,  i  i43;  in  hand  of  Christ,  i  i38  ;  secu- 
rity, ii  64  ;  beloved  in  Christ,  i  54  ;  adopted,  i  64  ;  death 
and  burial,  ii  3  ;  in  glory,  l  40,  4i  ;  communion,  lii  2. 

Salvation*  ii  88  ;  of  the  worst  of  sinners,  i  i04  ;  by- 
grace,  i  hi  ;  in  Christ,  i  i37  See  Christ,  Cross,  Grace.; 
Heaven,  Light,  Redeemer,  Righteousness. 

Sanct  if  cation,  justification  and  glory,  i  3  ;  and  pardon, 
i  9  ;  through  faith,  ii  90. 

Satan  and  Christ  at  enmity,  i  i07  ;  his  various  tempta- 
tions, ii  i56,  i57  ;  conquered  by  Christ,  ii  89.  See  DetrL, 

Scripture,  i  53,  :i  n9.     See  Gospel. 

Sea  under  the  dominion  of  God,  ii  70. 

Sealing  and  witnessing  spirit,  i  i44. 

Secure  and  awakened  sinner,  i  n5. 

Security  in  the  promises,  ii  40,  60,69. 

Seeking  after  Chtist,  i  67,  71. 

Self-Righteousness,  i  i3i  ;  insufficient,  ii  i54';. 

Seme  assisting  our  faith,  ii  i4r 

Sensual  delights  dangerous,  ii  11,  i2,  48. 

Serpent  brazen,  i  n2 

Shepherd,  Christ  and  his  pastures,  i  67. 

Shortness,  frailty  and  misery  of  life,  i  37,  ii  39, -5-8.1- 

Sickness  and  recovery,  i  5  5. 

Sight  of  God  mortifies  us  to  the  world,  ii  4i  ;  of  Christ 
beatific,  ii  16,  75  ;  and  faith,  i  11O,  i2o,  ii  i29,  i45  ;  of 
Christ  makes  death  easy,  in  i4. 

Simeon's  song,  i  i9,-iii  i4.     Sinai  and  Sion,  ii  152. 

Sincerity  and  hypocrisy,  i  i36. 

Sin  the  cause  of  Christ's  death,  ii  81;  and  misery 
banished  from  heaven,  i  i05,  ii  88 ;  original,  i  57  ; 
pardoned  and  subdued,  i  9.i04.  ii  90;  indwelling,  i  n5  ; 
its  power,  ibid,  ii  86  ;  the  ruin  of  angels  and  mtn.  ii  24  ; 
Qustom  in,     ii  160;   folly,  madness  and  distemper  o£ 


6£  INff£X. 


ii  i53;  conviction  of,   by  the  law,  i  n5  ;  against  thela\r 
and  g:>spei,  i  118  ;  crucified,  1    1O6 ;    deceitfulness   of  >  ii  ^ 
1 50.  Sinning  and  repenting,  ii  20. 

Sinful  pleasures  forsak-n,  ii  iO.  ii. 
Sinner  vilest  saved,  >i  io4  ;  and  -  lints  dearth,  ii  i2i  ;  in- 
tiled  to  Cnrist.  i  i27  ;  exclud-d  heaven,  i   l04>    i05  ;-his 
deat..  terrible,  1  9i,  li  2. 

Sloth  spiritual  complained  of,  ii  25. 

Society  in  heaven  blessed,  ii  53. 

Son -equal  with  the  Fathe^-ii  52     See  Christ. 

Sons  of  God,  •  64   !43  ;  elect  and  newvbora,  i  54. 

Song  :»f  angels,  i  3;  of  Sifcneon,  i  19,  iii  14;  of  Zecha- 

jah.  •  50  ;  of  Moses  and    he  Lama,;  i  49,  56  ;  of  Heze- 

k ia  •»      55  ;  of  :-> ofotaon  pa;  'aparased,    l    66 — 78;   of  the 

Virgin  Mary,  i  60 

St  -1070.  Set-  R. ::p c  ntance.  Comfort  under,  ii  50, 
69;  for  the  dead  relieved,    ;  3. 

Sovereignty^]  86      S^e  Grace.  Election,  God. 

Soul  separate      See  D.  ith,  H-  av<  n.  Hell 

Spirit  breathed    fter,  i  74   ii  34  ;   water   and   blood,   iii 

9;  his  6ffi&  s, -ii  l3$  ;  witnessing  an^   sealing    i    144;  its 

fruits,  i  !0  2. 

Spiritual enemies,  deliverance,  i  47.  ii  65,  82;  warfare, 
ii  77  ;  pilgrimage,  i  53  ;  apparel,  i  7,  20  ;  race,  i  48  ; 
alotis  and  dullness,  ii  25  34;  joy,  ii  73,  75  ;  meat,  drink 
and  clothing,  i  7  ;  food.     See  Feast. 

State  of  mture  and  grace,  i  i04.      Storm.  See  Thunder. 

Strength  from  heaven,  l  15,  32,  48  ;  righteousness    and 

pardon  in  Christy  i  S4>  85,  iii  24. 

Submission  and  deliverance,  i  129  ;  to   afflictions,  i  5,  ii 
K>9       Success  of  the  gospeL  i  11,  12.  119,  ii  144. 
Sufferings  for  Christ,  ii  101.      See  Christ. 
Supper  of  the  Lord  instituted,  iii  1 ;  baptism  and  preach" 
ing,  ii  112.  Support  under  trials,  ii  50,  65. 

Sympathy  of  Christ,  i  125. 

T 
Pip  ABLE  of  the  Lord.     See  Lord. 
■"■    Temptations,  hope  under  them,  1  139  ;  of  the  world, 
ii  101;  of  the  devil,  ii  65,  156,  157;    and   desertion    com- 
plained  of  ii  163. 

Temped*  Christ's  compassion  to  them,  i  125. 
Terrour8  of  death  to  the  unconverted,  i  91. 
T   t  merit*  Yew,  in  the  blood  of  Christ,  iii  3. 
Thanksgiving  for  victory,  ii  III  j  for  msreies,  ii  116  j  % 
,tional;  ii  U 


INDEX.  69 


Throne  of  grace.     See  Grace,  Thunderer,  God,  ii   62. 

Time  redeemed,  188;  ours  and  eternity  God's,  ii  67. 

Tree  of  life,  iii  8  ;  and  river  of  love,  iii  20. 

Trinity  praised,  iii  26 — 41.  Trust      See  Faith. 

Trials  on  earth  and  hope  of  heaven,  ii  66. 

Triumfihs  over  death,  i  6,  ii  110;  or  faith  in  Christ,  i 
14  ;  at  a  fea^t,  iii  21  ;  of  Christ  over  our  enemies,  i  28. 

Truth  and  promises  of  God  unchangeable,  i  139,  ii  60, 
69  ;  types,  ii  12  ;  and  prophecies  of  Christ,  u  135. 

U 

UNBELIEF  and  faith,  i  100,  ii  125  /punished,  i   11 S, 
Vncharitableness  and  charity,  i  126. 
Unconverted  state,  ii  159  ;  death  terrible  to  them,  i  91. 
Unfruhfulnkssi  ii  165.     Un$t>Rctified  affections,  ii  165. 
.    Unseen  things,  faith  in  them,  i  12a. 

V  ' 

17* -UN  prosperity,  ii  56,  lol. 
V     Value  of  Christ  and  his  righteousness,  i  109. 
Vanity  and  mortality  oi  man,  1  82;  of  youth,  1  89,  90  $ 
of  tiv.  creatures,  ii  146. 

Victory,  a  thanksgiving  tor,  ii  3;  over  death,  i  \7 ; 
sin  and  sorrow,  i  14  ;  of  Christ  over  Satan,  i  5  8,  ii  89. 
See  Enemies. 

Virtues  christian,  ii  161,     See  Holiness,  Love,   Saint. 
W 
[/"ANDERING  affections,  ii  20  ;  thoughts  in  wor5 
ship,  i    136.  Warfare  christian,  u  77. 

Water  the  spirit  and  the  blood,  iii   9. 
Weak  saints  encouraged  by  Christ,  i  125  ;  by  the  church, 
i  126       Weakness  our  own,  and  Christ  our  strength,  1  i5, 
Wisdom   and  power  of  God  in  Christ  crucified,  iii  10  j 
earna!  humbled,  i  1 1,  12.  -      . 

Witnessing  and  sealing  spirit*  i  144. 
Word  of  God, »  53  ;  preaching.  1  10.  Ii9.      See  Gospel. 
^  World,  crucifixion  to  it  by  the  cioss,  iii  7  ;  the  tempta- 
tions of    ii    107;    its   u-d,   ii.$4;  mortification  to  it  by 
the  sight  of  God,  ii  41  ;.its  creation,  ii  147;  preservation, 
ii   13. 

Worship,  of  heaven  humble,  ii  68  ;  profitable,  ii  123  ;  coa=» 
descended  to  by  God.  ii  55  ;  Christ  present  at,  i  66,  ii  i5, 
16,  iii  15  ;  accepted  though  Christ,  ii  36,  37  ;  formality 
in,  i  136  ;  delightful    ii  14.  15,  16,  17. 

Wrath  and  mercy  of  God.  i  42,  ii  SO.     See  God,  Heft. 


#0  INDEX. 


Y 

YOKE  of  Christ  easy,  i  M . 
Youth,  its  vanities,  i  89,  90;  advised,  i  91. 
Z 
JT7  ^Ctf  ARIAH's  song  and  John's  message,  i    50. 
**~A  Zeal  in  the  christian  race,  i  48,  ii  1 29  ;  and  love, 
s4  ;  tor  the  gospel,  i  io3,  ii  4  ;  the   want    of,     ii    25  ;  a 
gainst  sin,  ii  106  ;  for  God,  ii  116. 

Zwn,  her  glory  and  defence,  ii  64.     See  Church. 

INDEX 

To  the  Fourth  Book. 


A 

ATONEMENT,  gratitude  for,  25. 
«*"*•  Autumn  and  spring,  73* 
B 

BACKSLID  NG  and  returning,  5  4. 
Believer,  death  of,  33. 
C 
IHARITY,  5i— Charitable  Societies,  hymn  for,  75. 
Christ,  a  guide  through  death  to  glory,  24 — ms  be- 
neficence for  our  imitation  75— not  ashamed  of,  36. 
Christmas,  hymn  for,  78. 

Child,  death  of,  38,  6i  -Children,  Chr\s\'s  condescen- 
ding regard  to,  58 — education  of,  9 — dying  in  the  arms 
of  Jesus.  66. 

Church,  forming  of  one,  2i — seeking  direction  for  the 
choice  of  a  minister,  59 — admission  into,  47. 

Congregations,  God  sought  to  supply  vacancies   in,  17* 
Contentment,  18 

Covenant,  God  bringing  his  people  into,  29 — rejoicing 
in  our  engagements  of,  47. 

D 
EATH,  support  in<  6— of  abeliever  S3 — of  a  child, 
38,  6i — of  children,  dying  in  the    arms  of  Jesus,- 
66 — nf  a  father,  27,  65 — of  a  minister    45 — of  a  wife  and 
mother*   $2 — of  a  young  person,  72., 


INDEX    TO  BOOK   IV.  fl 


Dedication  of  a  new  place  of  worship,  4.  34.  48. 
Despair  sinful,    71.       Drought,  season  of,  64. 

E 
TO  ART;:QUAKF,S,  hymn  for,  2. 
-"-^   Edifise  of  the  sun  or  moon.  77. 
Education   of  children,  9.       Evening  hymn,  93. 
F 

FAMILIES    religious,  Gods  gracious  approbation  6£ 
15       Famine  of  the  word,  20. 
Fasr~day,  hymns  for,  II.  5  6.  76. 

Father,   death  of  27,  65 — practical    reflections  on    the 
State  of,  31.  Fire,  devastation  of  70. 

Forgiveness,  or  God  forgives  when  we  have  nothing  to 
pay,  40  G 

OD      bringing    his    people    into    covenant,   29~* 
ready  to   forgive,  40.   71 — sought  unto  to  supply 
vacancies  in  the  congregations  of  his  people,  17,  59, 
Gratitude  for  the  atonement,  25. 
Gosficl,  spreading  of,  22. 

itlLARVEST,    hymn    for,  69 — Hofie,  rejoicing  in,  Idx 

"W   ORD'S  prayer,  5©. 

•"-J  Love   to  the  brethren,  a  parting  hymn,  8. 
M 


MARRIAGE  68.     See  Wedding. 
Minn 


iinisters    comforted,  that  they  may  comfort  otli* 
crs,  19 — reflections  on  the  death  of  one  of  his  peopie,  46— 
sickness  of,  49 — death  of,  45.     See  Pastor,  Ordinat  on. 
Missionaries,  prayer  for,  23.        Morning  hymn,  5j, 

\jsLT)  age,  13.       Ordination  of  a  minister,  16,  37. 
P 

PARENTS  comforted  under  the  death  of  children,  89,^ 
Pasf-r's  wish  for  his  people    41.     See  Ministers. 
Piety   early,  encouragement  to,  79. 
Praiie  for  salvation.  52. 

Prayer  for  youth,  7 — for  missionaries    22 — day  of.  for 
the  revival  of  religion,  32  — secret,  i4 — Lord's  prayer,  50, 

R 
AIN,  season  of  30        Redemption,  finished.  26 
Rejieai'ytts   oi,  the  close  of  the    year,    35 — on    the 
.state  of  our  ft  hers,  31 — of  a  minister  on  the  death  of  one 
of  his  people,  46, 


INDEX  TO    BOOK   IV. 


Religion  family,  15 — revival  of,  prayer  for,  32. 
Rejoicing  in  our  covenant  engagements,  47 — in  hope, 
10 

S 
ABB  ATH,  5.        Salvation,  praise  for,  52. 
Sickness ■,   general  time  of,  12 — of  a  minister^  49— 
^recovery  from,  42. 

Societies,   humane  and  charitable,  hymns  for,  51,  75. 
Sfiring,  beauties  of,  28 — and  autumn,  73. 
Submission  filial,  3.  Summer,   63,   69. 

Thanksgiving  hymns  for,  1, 55. 

VACANCIES   in  churches  and  congregations,  Go4 
sought  unto  to  supply  them,  17,  59. 
Vanity  of  worldly  .schemes,  67. 
XV 
EDDING,    60     See  Marriage. 
Winter,  44. 

Worship,  pub  ic,  excellency  of,  39 — social,  74 — open- 
ing a  new  place  of,  4,  34,  48. 

Y 

YEAR,  reflections  on  the  close  of,  35— new,  hymns 
for,  43,  53. 
Youth,  education  of,  9 — prayer  for,  7 — death  of,  72— 
encouraged  to  seek  and  love  Christ,  79. 


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